Deltek Acumen 8.6 Online Help

Using the Help Search
Using the Help Search
  • Phrase:Returns all topics that contain the exact phrase in the search criteria. Use quotation marks around the phrase.
    Ex."system administration"
  • And:Returns all topics that contain all the words in the search criteria, in any combination. Insert a plus sign between all words in the search criteria.
    Ex.system + administration
  • Or:Returns all topics with any combination of words in the search criteria. This is the default.
    Ex.system administration
For more information:Searching Online Help

Deltek Acumen Options (User Interface)

Perform such tasks as set default font size, hide empty forensics, set language, date, and time formats, and so on.

Analysis Tab

Field Description
Hide Empty Ribbons Hide ribbons on the S2 // Diagnostics tab that have no data.

Forensics

Field Description
Hide Empty Forensic Analysis Hide Forensic Analysis fields that have no variance.

Diagnostics

Field Description
Default Font Size Select the default font size.

Scorecard

Field Description
Calculate Score Using

In Acumen, you can select metric-based scoring or record-based scoring (activity, control account, or work package).

  • Average of Metrics — With metric-base scoring, Acumen calculates the score using an average of the metric scores. Metric-based scoring allows incremental improvements to tasks to be reflected in the overall score. The metric-based method typically produces higher scores, as a single task needs to fail in multiple areas simultaneously in order to receive a very low score.
  • Record Fails if 1 Metric Fails — Record-based scoring calculates the score on a per-record basis and the final score is an average of the per-record scores. This places a premium on absolute compliance with the assigned metrics. The breach of any single metric on a task prevents those tasks from receiving a "passing grade."
Lower Value/Upper Value Use the sliders to set the lower and upper scorecard values for the scorecard view. Changing the thresholds only affects the visible color range of the overall score. It does not influence the numerical score.

Language

Field Description
Language Select your preferred language. You must restart Acumen for the change to take effect.
Date and Time Formats Select the country whose date and time format you want to use. You must restart Acumen for the change to take effect.
Show Date Format As
  • Short Dates — Select this option to display dates in Acumen as MM/DD/YYYY.
  • Long Dates — Select this option to display dates in Acumen as MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS AM/PM.