Using the Dashboard
The Dashboard provides an interactive summary view of Axiom Strategy Management activity with drill-down to details capability for Perspectives, and summary information for Objectives and Initiatives. KPI icons Key Performance Indicator icons. Small graphics used throughout Axiom Strategy Management to indicate the performance status of Objective measures, Perspective measures, Initiative measures and Initiative milestones. display on each Perspective KPI card and to the left of each listed Objective and Initiative.
NOTE: Your access rights determine what you can see on the Dashboard. You may not be able to view some or all Objective and Initiative data.
Dashboard page example with main sections outlined
The Dashboard includes the following areas:


This section displays a list of your organization’s active strategic Perspectives, with each Perspective’s KPI icon providing at-a-glance insight into how the Perspective is performing based on its associated measures. You can drill down to more detail for each Perspective by clicking the ellipsis on its card.


This section displays a list of all active Objectives in your Axiom Strategy Management system.
To view an Objective’s measure data and related Initiatives, in the Objective Performance list, click the Objective’s name to access the Objective on the Objectives page.
For more information about KPI icons, see About Key Performance Indicator icons.


This section displays a list of Initiatives to which you have read-only or greater access. If this list is empty, you do not have access to any Initiatives.
- Bookmark icon – Links to the Initiative’s routing page where you can approve or reject the Initiative at its current step in the approval process if your user role allows you to do so. You can also view approval stage history and details.
- Initiative name – Links to the Initiative’s plan file pages, where you can view Initiative details, and where Initiative owners, sponsors, and approvers can update or approve measure and milestone data.
- KPI icon – Displays the status of the Initiative’s most urgent milestone. KPI icons in this list represent the performance status of Initiative milestones rather than measures. For information about Initiative milestone KPI icons, see About Initiative milestones.
- Owner – User name of the person assigned as owner The user responsible for ensuring that the Initiative is executed and that its measure data and milestone statuses are updated according to schedule. The Initiative owner is also responsible for reviewing the Initiative during the creation approval process. of the Initiative.
- Stage – Status of where the Initiative is in an approval process. For information about approval process stages, see About Initiative approval processes.


This section displays the number of Initiative process tasks currently assigned to you.
- The total number of tasks in your queue displays on the left. This information is linked to the Initiative approval process page, which contains your interactive tasks list.
- The number of new tasks displays on the right, followed by the first few Initiatives that have been sitting in your queue less than one day. Clicking a listed Initiative accesses the Initiative’s routing page, where you can approve/reject the Initiative if your role allows, and/or view the Initiative’s approval process history.