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