Indicators & Dimensions Definition Tool
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Indicators & Dimensions Definition Tool covers one of the main shortcomings that exist in the vast majority of organizations: to have an environment where users, both functional and IT, can consult in an agile and simple way what indicators and dimensions they have, as well as their metadata thanks to the Indicators & Dimensions Sheets, and to know by which dimensions they can analyze each one of the indicators thanks to the Bus Matrix.
Indicators & Dimensions Definition Tool: The ultimate solution for defining and governing your business metrics and dimensions
Is everyone in your organization on the same page when it comes to KPIs? Do your teams clearly understand what each metric means and how it’s calculated? Without a centralized, reliable source of truth, it’s easy to fall into errors, duplications or misunderstandings. That’s why Bismart developed the Indicators & Dimensions Definition Tool — a solution designed to help companies define, document and easily consult their KPIs and business dimensions.
This tool acts as both a KPI catalog and a business data dictionary, ensuring a shared understanding of your data across departments. It improves data quality, eliminates ambiguity in reports and strengthens your overall data governance practices.
A single source of truth for your KPIs and dimensions
The Indicators & Dimensions Definition Tool centralizes all relevant information for each metric: name, business definition, calculation formula, unit of measurement, update frequency, data source, associated dimensions, owners and more.
With this tool, anyone in your company can quickly and easily access the definition and context of each KPI, reducing confusion and aligning analysis company-wide.
It includes three key components:
- Indicator Sheet: A detailed definition of each KPI, including its business logic and attributes.
- Dimensions Sheet: Clear documentation of the business dimensions used to segment or contextualize metrics.
- Bus Matrix: A matrix view showing how indicators and dimensions are related, supporting advanced analysis and completeness validation.
Why it’s essential to define KPIs and dimensions properly
When business metrics aren’t clearly defined, multiple versions of the same KPI may coexist, leading to inconsistent reporting, analysis errors and reduced trust in your data. Having a unified framework allows you to:
- Improve overall data quality
- Avoid duplicated or misunderstood KPIs
- Ensure consistency across reports and dashboards
- Support faster, more confident decision-making
- Streamline audit and traceability processes
Key benefits of the solution
- Enhances data governance by serving as the single source of truth for business metrics and dimensions.
- Promotes transparency and alignment across departments by eliminating interpretation gaps.
- Simplifies integration with Business Intelligence tools like Power BI, Tableau and Qlik.
- Saves time by reducing back-and-forth on how metrics are calculated.
- Scales with your business, regardless of size, industry or maturity level.
- Doesn’t require infrastructure changes, as it’s a soft, non-intrusive solution.
Who is this solution for?
- Data-driven companies that rely on accurate, consistent metrics to make decisions.
- Finance, analytics and IT teams managing business KPIs and needing reliable traceability.
- Business Intelligence and data governance professionals responsible for building semantic layers and driving metric standardization.
- Organizations using Power BI, looking to enhance their semantic model and documentation practices.
Most common use cases
- Centralized KPI and dimension documentation
- Eliminating inconsistencies in corporate reports
- Power BI integration and semantic model support
- Internal audits and data lineage tracking
- Strengthening cross-team understanding of business metrics
Technical highlights
- User-friendly interface accessible to both business and technical users
- Lightweight solution that doesn’t interfere with your existing architecture
- Quick implementation, thanks to its modular and customizable structure
What makes it different from other tools?
Unlike generic data documentation tools, the Indicators & Dimensions Definition Tool focuses specifically on business metrics and dimensions, providing a structure designed to support semantic alignment and decision-making clarity.
It’s also fully compatible with Power BI, integrating easily into existing datasets and semantic models — making it a perfect fit for companies with a strong BI culture.
What results can you expect?
- Fewer errors in reporting and dashboarding
- Better alignment on metric definitions across teams
- Faster, more reliable decision-making
- Stronger data governance and compliance
- A future-proof foundation for scaling analytics
Get started today
Request a custom demo and discover how the Indicators & Dimensions Definition Tool can help you structure and centralize your KPI model, improve information quality, and move your organization toward a truly data-driven culture.