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Radar dashboards - -Dashboards are the hub of reporting and analytics in Epic, and
consolidate data from all corners of your healthcare system.
Chart Search - -The easiest way to access an activity in Hyperspace.
Analytics Catalog - -A central repository of all reporting content.
A component - -A single graph or table or other piece of functionality that your users
will interact with on the dashboard.
Guiding principles when creating or editing Radar content - -Any dashboard available
to a user must work; Each component on a dashboard must work; All dashboards should
have a defined target audience; Each user in that audience must have the security to use
every component on the dashboard.
The Dashboard Editor - -Has up to six forms that control the dashboard's content
and its metadata.
Basic Information - -The Basic Information form records the purpose, ownership, and
general information of a dashboard.
Display title - -End users see the display title in the Analytics Catalog and when they
view a dashboard.
Description - -End users may read this description about the dashboard in the
Analytics Catalog.
Owning application - -The application responsible for maintaining this dashboard.
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Layout - -The Layout form controls the number and position of regions that present
the components in your dashboard.
Access form - -Controls the set of users that can access this dashboard and lists the
dashboard's type(s).
Ready for use - -This must be selected for any user, even the dashboard builder, to
open and view the dashboard.
Enabled for user selection - -Select this when you want the dashboard to be
available in the Analytics Catalog.
Component records in Radar - -There are seven types: Graph, Link, Message Board,
Native HTML Report, Listing Table, Tranche (This type is not currently used).
Saving settings in the Dashboard Editor - -The easiest way to save your settings is to
navigate to another form in the Dashboard Editor.
Hard refresh your dashboard - -While viewing your dashboard, use the keyboard
shortcut of ALT + = (Mac users: Option + Command + =).
Analytics Catalog reporting resources - -Can be used to find: a) Workbench reports,
c) Radar dashboards, d) Dashboard components, f) Epic-Crystal reports.
Every Report model - -Is a record in the HSQ Master File.
Creating a link from a dashboard - -You need the activity descriptor for the activity.
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Component not appearing on a dashboard - -Could be because the component is
not set as ready for use or is not listed on the Content form of the dashboard.
Components require a defined Display title - -True - It is a required field.
SlicerDicer for today's appointments - -No, SlicerDicer does not contain today's
data, so a list of scheduled appointments wouldn't change throughout the day.
SlicerDicer for surgical cases - -Yes. Even though the list has to include cases
scheduled in the future, all such surgeries scheduled at least a day earlier will be
displayed.
SlicerDicer reporting capability - -False. SlicerDicer cannot be used to report on any
data that has ever been entered into Epic.
SlicerDicer - -Can only be used to report on data that has been extracted to the
Caboodle.
Chronicles - -Contains real-time data.
Clarity - -Is a relational database.
Caboodle - -Is a relational database.
Item Numbers - -Do not necessarily carry meaning across master files.
Record Viewer - -Use to view data from a record in Chronicles.