Performance Target Objects Overview

The setup of a performance target involves a unique combination of configuration data and processing logic that calculates and displays a specific measure.

The framework performance target functionality is supported by a combination of inter-related objects, as shown below. Some of these objects will be generic for use in all performance targets while some are specific to a functional area such as batch processes.

• Maintenance Objects for capturing performance target types and performance target instances.

• Extendable Lookups to define performance target categories and performance target metrics.

• Business Services to calculate known metrics for a group of performance targets, such as for batch processes.

• UI Maps to interpret the performance calculation results and display them in charts that show the comparison to the target.

• A Zone that serves as a template for system duplication to create specific zones related to each performance target. The zone invokes a business service to perform calculations and display performance measures in the related UI map.

• Business Objects to capture configuration data for a specific performance target instance and its related objects.

• Functionality to create Zone instances for specific performance targets based on the associated template zone.

Each edge application will deliver the following to compliment the objects delivered by the framework:

• Portals to group related performance target zones.

• Specific entries for the performance target category Extendable Lookup .

The following sections describe the combined use of these objects for performance targets in more detail.