Key Concepts

This section explains a set of concepts that are important to understand as you use the wInsight Analytics module.

Calendars and Periods
wInsight Analytics displays data in the analytics for all contracts in monthly periods. If a contract calendar has more than one period in a month (weekly periods, for example), wInsight Analytics, during the data load process, consolidates the data for all periods in that month into a single period, and uses the end date of the last period in the month as the end date of the monthly period.
Colors and Trend Arrows
Some table columns for metrics display color-coded performance and trend information based on the selected period and the preceding period. Most commonly, this information is provided for schedule variance, cost variance, and variance at completion.
User-Defined Filters
To supplement the filter lists in wInsight Analytics, you can create additional filters in wInsight and import them into wInsight Analytics.
Views
The wInsight Analytics data model includes the Standard view and all custom views (custom versions of the Sort window) that have been created in wInsight.