Formatting measure values

Measure values are rounded to three decimal places by default and are displayed with a thousands separator or in accordance with the specifications pertaining to the MINIMUM_FRACTION_DIGITS and MAXIMUM_FRACTION_DIGITS keys in the file Keyindicator_settings.properties. Alternatively, you can use the format XML element to specify different formats for each individual measure, provided that it is not a goal accomplishment indicator.

Goal accomplishment indicator values are always rounded to one decimal place and one significant place.

Example

...

<kidef name="PDLZ" attrname="..." type="..."

calculated="..." distribution="..."

standarddeviation="..." retrievertype="...">

<description name="Process cycle time" language="de"/>

<format fractiondigits="1" significantdigits="1" />

</kidef>

...

In the analysis in PPM, the values of the Process cycle time measure are rounded to one decimal place (fractiondigits="1") when displayed. One significant figure (significantdigits="1") is to be displayed for the relevant measure value in tooltips and model attributes for the EPC view.

The definition of the format specifications is located in the file _formatinfo.dtd.

XML tag

Description

format

Format specifications for measure values

fractiondigits
(optional)

Number of decimal places to be displayed for measure values in tables, on EPC object connections, and in filter dialogs.
Default value: 3

significantdigits
(optional)

Only applies to measure values in tooltips and model attributes for the EPC view:
Number of significant figures to be displayed (before and after the decimal point and not equal to 0) up to a maximum of ten decimal places in total. For example, if you specify significantdigits="6" the value 1453.03500125 will be displayed as 1453.035 regardless of the specification for fractiondigits.

usegrouping
(optional)

TRUE: Thousands separators are displayed.
FALSE: Thousands separators are not displayed.
Default value: TRUE