Set user-defined measures

A user-defined measure includes a rule for calculating a measure that is calculated when the PPM user interface is run. The calculation rule consists of operands, operators, user-defined measures, and predefined favorites. The calculation rule is represented in a tree structure.

Aggregated goal accomplishments for your Performance Dashboard are assigned automatically generated user-defined measures and stored in the corresponding favorites. The command line program runcockpitcreator generates the user-defined measures as soon as you create the PPM configuration files..

The following example illustrates the relationship between favorites, user-defined measures and their representation in Performance Dashboard. An extract from PPM 5 is used for the illustration.

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By default, the goal accomplishment is weighted and calculated arithmetically using the predefined calculation rule. You can change the calculation rule, e.g., the weighting of individual calculation elements in a user-defined measure, at a later time.

In the Configuration module, PPM provides you with the appropriate tools for creating and editing user-defined measures.

Tip

Detailed information on the procedure for creating and editing user-defined measures in PPM can be found in the PPM Help topics in the main menu under Help.

Example: User-defined measure of an aggregated goal accomplishment (excerpt from PPM 5)

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Empty favorites, i.e., favorites with no linked query, are additionally marked with a red exclamation mark.