Feature: Add a New Tile to Project Charter or Huddleboard

In KPI Fire you can customize your Project Charters and Huddleboards with the “add a tile” feature. This blog will show you what each of the tile types looks like.

  • Project > Charter > Actions > New Tile
  • Huddleboard > New Tile

Project Charter – Add a Tile

Project Charter – Add a Tile

Project Charter can have the following options for  New Tile.

  • Text – for plain text or HTML
  • Team Member – for displaying the team members as defined in the Team Tab
  • Photo – for adding pictures. These can also include a link
  • Status – for displaying the status of Project Charter, Team, and Benefits.
  • Show/Hide Tiles – for turning on/off standard tiles as defined by the Project Workflow.

Note: In some cases your Administrator may have removed a standard field/tile from your layout options.  If you need to recover missing tiles, please have your Administrator contact KPI Fire support.  Missing tiles may includes: Problem/Opportunity, Goal Statement, Scope, Notes, Key Dates, Prioritization, Organization, Linked Goals, Linked Metrics, Linked Projects, Tags.

Create New Tile
  1. Tile: Text –  Use for Plain Text or Html
Text – Use for Plain Text or Html

2. Tile: Team – display team members as configured in Team tab

Team – display team members as configured in Team tab

3. Tile: Photo – for pictures or images

  • You can add multiple photo tiles to display pictures.
  • Each photo tile can also include a URL link to a source file.
Photo – for pictures or images

4. Tile: Status

  • To provide a summary of approval status for key project items
  • Designed to work with Project Accountability Report for portfolio accountability.
    • See also: Projects > Reports > Project Accountability Report
Project Accountability Report

Huddleboard – New Tile

Huddleboard – New Tile

Huddleboards can have the following options for New Tile.

  • Text – for plain text or HTML
  • Metric
    • Gauge Chart
    • Bowling Chart
    • Pareto Chart
    • Bar Chart
    • Line Chart
  • Single Project
    • Details
    • Messages
    • Tasks
  • Project List
    • Filter by User, Department
  • Goal
  • Photo – for adding pictures. These can also include a link
  • iFrame – External Source (video)
New Tile
  1. New Tile: Text
  • For Text or HTML
  • Select color for header label background
New Tile: Text

2. New Tile: Metric (5 options)

2.1 Metric Gauge Chart Tile

Metric Gauge Chart Tile

2.2 Metric Bowling Chart Tile

  • Select View frequency as Day, Week, Month, Quarter
Select View frequency as Day, Week, Month, Quarter

2.3 Metric Bar Chart Tile

Metric Bar Chart Tile

2.4 Metric Line Chart Tile

Metric Line Chart Tile

3. New Tile: Single Project  (3 opions available)

  • Details
  • Tasks
  • Messages

3.1 Single Project > Details

Single Project - Details

3.2 Single Project  > Tasks

Single Project - Tasks

3.3 Single Project  > Messages

Single Project - Messages

4. New Tile: Project List Tile

  • Filters: Status, User, Department, Category
Filters: Status, User, Department, Category

5. New Tile: Goal Tile

New Tile: Goal Tile

6. New Tile: Photo – for pictures or images

  • You can add multiple photo tiles to display pictures.
  • Each photo tile can also include a URL link to a source file.
New Tile: Photo – for pictures or images

7. New Tile: iFrame – External Data Source

  • Display data from any other system which can provide an iFrame