Deltek Acumen 8.5 Online Help

Using the Help Search
Using the Help Search
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    Ex."system administration"
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    Ex.system + administration
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    Ex.system administration
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Reporting Diagnostics Results

Use the S2 // Diagnostics tab Publish menu to publish or export diagnostic results. This allows you to customize reports based on your audience or analysis needs.

Diagnostic Executive Briefing Report

The Diagnostic Executive Briefing report consolidates analysis results and information, It presents the information in summary, project-level, and detailed analysis formats.

Microsoft Excel

You can include all components of an Acumen diagnostics check in an MS Excel-based report. This includes:
  • Ribbons
  • Ribbon Analyzer and Ribbon Analyzer Detail
  • Phase Analyzer and Phase Analyzer Detail
  • Intersection Analyzer Detail

The analyst report is designed to serve as a checklist of the individual activities that fail the various metric tests that have been applied to the view.

These editable reports can also be included in other applications such as MS PowerPoint.

Fuse Analyst Report

Publish the current ribbon view, including activity details, to a Microsoft Excel file.

Fuse Summary Metric Report

Publish a summary of all metrics that have the Publish Metric option selected on the Metrics tab. The results are published to a Microsoft Excel workbook and the data for each ribbon view (group of metrics) displays on a separate tab.

In addition to the ribbon view tabs for each group of metrics, this report includes summary tabs based on the metric folder structure of the included metrics. For example, if you set all of the Industry Standards » GAO metrics to be included in the Summary report, the report will include tabs with summary results for each of the GAO metric folders.

Deltek wInsight Analytics

Publish all metrics that have the Publish Metric option selected on the Metrics tab for import into wInsight. The file saves as a Deltek Cost Data Exchange File (.dcde). You can use this data in wInsight to display a dashboard with drilldown capability from control account to work package to activity.

Note: This option on the S2 // Diagnostics tab Publish menu is hidden if the Deltek Cobra / Cost Data and WAD option on the Deltek Acumen Options dialog box (Platforms - Deltek) is disabled.

API and Custom Reports

Use the Acumen Application Programming Interface (API) to create custom reports that you can add to Acumen and launch from the custom Publish group commands.