Deltek Acumen 8.5 Online Help

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Prorating Metrics

Prorating affects how the Phase Analyzer views records.

If the Prorating field on the Metrics tab is On (default), the Phase Analyzer on the S2 // Diagnostics tab takes time periods into account when it analyzes records. If Prorating is Off, the Phase Analyzer ignores time periods when it analyzes records.

Tip: If you apply prorating on the Primary Formula tab, Deltek recommends that you also apply it on the Secondary Formula tab (if you are using a secondary formula).

When you apply a metric filter to the matrix, Acumen doesn't prorate the filtered values when the data is analyzed. If you apply both a metric filter and formula, prorating will apply to the formula values but not the filter values.

The Metrics tab Time Phase setting indicates the phases in which the activity is counted if it meets the metric requirements.

Example

Activity A has a remaining duration of 40 days; 20 days in 2014 and 20 days in 2015. You create a metric to analyze activities that have a remaining duration greater than 25 days.

Prorating Example

  • If you set Prorating to On, the Phase Analyzer views the activity duration in each time period as a separate entity. The remaining duration in each time period is less than 25 (20 days in 2014 and 20 days in 2015) and the activity is not included in the analysis for any time period.
  • If you set Prorating to Off, the Phase Analyzer ignores time and analyzes the activity as a whole unit. Since the activity has a total remaining duration greater than 25, the activity is included in the analysis.
    • If the Time Phase All option is selected, the activity is counted in 2014 and 2015.
    • If the Time Phase Start option is selected, the activity is only counted in 2014.
    • If the Time Phase Finish option is selected, the activity is only counted in 2015.