Register dimension

A dimension is registered at the PPM system in the process tree configuration file using the following XML element:

<usedim name="..." scale="..." refinement="..." variance="..."/>

XML tag

Description

name

Internal name of the dimension. The dimension itself is defined in one of the oneleveldim, twoleveldim, floatingdim, timedim, hourdim or searchdim XML elements in the measure configuration.

scale
(optional)

Default scaling of the dimension. The scaling can be changed using the dimension pop-up menu in the analysis.

If no scaling is set, PPM automatically determines a value for optimum representation.

refinement
(optional)

Default step size of the dimension. The possible options depend on the attribute data type on which the dimension is based:

- Numerical attribute: Value with unit

- Alphanumeric attribute (also data type specific):
- Text: No entries possible. The iteration steps are
stipulated by the different attribute values.
- Text pair BY_LEVEL1, BY_LEVEL2 (rough, detailed): For each dimension level, the iteration steps are stipulated by the attribute values.
- Time: BY_YEAR, BY_QUARTER, BY_MONTH,
BY_WEEK, BY_DAY, BY_HOUR, BY_MINUTE

If no scaling is set, PPM automatically determines a value for optimum representation.

Variance
(optional)

Has been defined for future expansions and is not currently in use.