Patent ID: 7268782

Claim:
A method comprising: associating a data dimension with each of at least first through third key performance indicators; displaying each data dimension as a line of radiating from a central point in a common plane; computing, for each key performance indicator, a reference value; associating, for each data dimension, the reference value of each key performance indicator with a designated point on each data dimension, each designated point being equidistant from the central point; defining a circle around the central point intersecting each data dimension at the designated point, the circle identifying the reference value of each key performance indicator, receiving data relating to each of the key performance indicators; computing, for each key performance indicator, a value based upon the received data; determining, for each key performance indicator, whether the value exhibits the reference value, a positive exception, or a negative exception; displaying the data as first through third points on the data dimensions associated with the first through third key performance indicators, respectively, each of the first through third points being disposed on an outside of the circle if the data is determined to exhibit the negative exception, on the circle if the data is determined to exhibit the reference value, or on an inside of the circle if the data is determined to exhibit the positive exception; defining a region bounded by the central point, the first point and the second point; and highlighting a portion of the region outside of the circle with a first color, shade or texture, and a portion of the region inside of the circle with a second color, shade or texture.