Adding a Matrix Portlet

  1. In DivePort, browse to the page where you want to add the portlet.

  2. On the DivePort toolbar, click Edit to unlock the page and enable edit mode.

    The Edit menu item is replaced with edit tools, including a page context menu chevron.

  3. On the toolbar, click the chevron.
  4. On the page context menu, click Add a Portlet.

  1. On the Add a Portlet page, double-click Matrix Portlet.

    The Edit Matrix Portlet Closeddialog box opens.

    Edit Matrix Project, Select a factory project page.

  2. Select a Measure Factory project.

    The wizard advances to the Select measures Closeddialog box.

    An example of an edit matrix portlet, select measures dialog box.

  3. Select each measure that you want to display as a row on the portlet.

    TIP: You can use the Search box to locate specific measures.

  4. Click Next.

    The wizard advances to the next page, which lists the selected measures in the Lines Closedtext box, and the Measures column.

    An example of an edit matrix portlet dialog box, showing the selected measures in the lines text box.

  5. If you want to customize the leftmost column heading, double-click Measures to open the Measure column settings dialog box.

  6. If you want to add more measures, under ClosedLines, click Add a line, select a line type, and then repeat steps 7 and 8.

    An example of a step in the add or edit matrix portlet wizard showing the add measures option.

  7. Optional. If you want to group the lines into categories, under ClosedLines, click Add a line group. Otherwise, proceed to step 14.

    An example of a page in the Edit matrix portlet wizard showing the add a category option.

    The Line group settings dialog box opens.

  8. Enter a line group Label, and then click OK.

    The label is added to the bottom of the Lines section of the Edit Matrix Portlet Closeddialog box.

    Measures section of the edit matrix portlet dialog box showing added measures and a category label.

  9. If you want to add more categories, continue to add line groups until you have entered them all.

  10. Use a drag-and-drop operation to move the line group labels to the top of each group of lines and then move the lines under the line group label, inside the dotted line.

    In this Closedexample, the line group is Acute Care, and the members of the group are the lines Acute Admissions, Acute Admit % ED, Acute Discharges, and Acute Mortality.

    Measure lines listed under a line group category.

    TIP: You can tell the group labels from the lines because the lines and line groups have distinct icons.

    Measures icon. Line icon

    Category icon.Line group icon

  11. To add a data column to the portlet, on the Edit Matrix Portlet Closeddialog box, Columns section, click Add a column.

    Edit matrix portlet showing the location of the add a column option.

    The Column settings Closeddialog box opens.

    An example of an edit matrix portlet, column settings page.

  12. Enter a Time Range and time period.

    NOTE: If a Time Range QuickView has been added to the page, it appears as an option on this list. For more information, see About Time Range QuickViews.

    TIP: Columns are labeled with the name of the measure by default, and the width is determined by the data display. To override these defaults, you can enter a different label in the Label box or enter a number (of pixels) in the Width box. For more information about label options, see Time Series Column Labels.

    For information about the Advanced time series options, see Matrix Portlet Options. Look at the Details section of the Add a column table row.

  13. If you want to select a different indicator type or add thresholds to the column, click the Edit indicator type Closedicon, and make the changes on the Display settings page.

    Location of the edit indicator type icon.

  14. Click OK.

For more information about option settings, see Matrix Portlet Options.

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