A measure is defined in the client-specific XML configuration file with the KeyindicatorConfiguration.dtd document type definition by the following element:
...
<kidef name="..." attrname="..." type="..."
calculated="..." distribution="..."
standarddeviation="..." retrievertype="..."
kigroup="..." sharedfunctionki="..."
functionspanki="..." colname="..."
importmode="OPTIONAL">
<description language="..." name="...">
Description text...
</description>
</kidef>
...
XML attribute |
Description |
---|---|
name |
Internal name of the measure. Referenced in the useki XML tag in the process tree definition. |
type |
Measure type |
location |
Only for type="RELATION" Valid values: SOURCE (attribute placement on source reference object of relation) |
description |
Language-specific description of a group, optionally with tooltip (#PCDATA section in the description element). The description must be specified in at least the default language. |
attrname |
Name of the attribute on which the measure is based. This can be an existing attribute value (calculated=FALSE) or an attribute value to be calculated (calculated=TRUE). |
calculated |
TRUE: The value of the referenced attribute is calculated using the calculation rule specified by calcattr. |
distribution |
TRUE: The measure can be used as a dimension. |
standarddeviation |
TRUE: The standard deviation can be calculated for the measure. The standard deviation can be calculated for all measures except Number of processes and Number of functions. |
sharedfunctionki |
TRUE: The measure is treated as a shared function measure for calculating measures. The measure for a shared function is only calculated once and applies to all instances of the shared function. |
functionspanki |
TRUE: The measure is a function span measure (e.g., cycle span). |
retrievertype |
Type of measure retriever used. Defines how the set of measure values for the process instances involved in a particular analysis is aggregated. KEYINDICATOR: NUM_KEYINDICATOR: FREQ_KEYINDICATOR: FACTORY_KEYINDICATOR: |
dimreferring |
Type of dimension reference |
kigroup |
Measure group |
importmode |
Output of error messages when calculating measure values. |
Only one of the sharedfunctionki and functionspanki attributes may have the value TRUE. If one of the two attributes has the value TRUE, the type measure type must have the value FUNCTION (function measure).
The FACTORY_KEYINDICATOR measure retriever type is no longer used from PPM 3.x, but is still supported for compatibility reasons. When the configuration is imported, it is replaced by the KEYINDICATOR retriever type.