Harness Level Optimization Dialog Box and Field Reference

Edit Metrics Dialog Box (Capital Configuration Optimizer)

To access: Click the Edit Metrics () button on the Harness Level Optimization dialog box.

Use this dialog box to add, edit and delete the metrics that are available for use in harness optimization.

Note

You can edit metrics only if you have the Edit Metrics permission set for your user account.

Objects

Field	Description
Metrics	Lists the existing metrics and their metric elements. The default types are: Cost Calculates the total architectural cost of design objects. Count Calculates the total number of objects of a particular object type. Length Calculates the total length of wires. Weight Calculates the total weight of design objects. The metric elements display in rows below each metric. The color square on a metric element row indicates the color used to display results for that metric. To change the color, click the square. When you click a metric element, the element definitions are listed in the Definition window. You can add a new metric by clicking Add New Metric (). A new row is created and you edit the name of the metric. Click elsewhere on the dialog to finish; the row displays like the other metrics. You can create a metric element by clicking the plus symbol (+) on a metric row. A new metric element name is added below the metric. Edit the metric element name and click the color square in that row to select the color that you want used to display the results for that metric element. You can duplicate an existing metric element by right-clicking it and choosing Duplicate; the duplicate is added below the same metric. Alternatively, you can right-click an existing metric element and choose Copy or Cut. Right-click another metric or one of its metric elements and choose Paste to add the copied or cut element below it. To delete a metric element, select it and click the minus symbol (-) on the metric row. Alternatively, right-click it and choose Delete.
Definition	Lists the element definitions of the metric element currently selected in the Metrics window. See the Usage Notes below for details of how to edit the element definitions.

Field

Description

Metrics

Lists the existing metrics and their metric elements. The default types are: Cost Calculates the total architectural cost of design objects. Count Calculates the total number of objects of a particular object type. Length Calculates the total length of wires. Weight Calculates the total weight of design objects. The metric elements display in rows below each metric. The color square on a metric element row indicates the color used to display results for that metric. To change the color, click the square. When you click a metric element, the element definitions are listed in the Definition window. You can add a new metric by clicking Add New Metric (). A new row is created and you edit the name of the metric. Click elsewhere on the dialog to finish; the row displays like the other metrics. You can create a metric element by clicking the plus symbol (+) on a metric row. A new metric element name is added below the metric. Edit the metric element name and click the color square in that row to select the color that you want used to display the results for that metric element. You can duplicate an existing metric element by right-clicking it and choosing Duplicate; the duplicate is added below the same metric. Alternatively, you can right-click an existing metric element and choose Copy or Cut. Right-click another metric or one of its metric elements and choose Paste to add the copied or cut element below it. To delete a metric element, select it and click the minus symbol (-) on the metric row. Alternatively, right-click it and choose Delete.

Definition

Lists the element definitions of the metric element currently selected in the Metrics window. See the Usage Notes below for details of how to edit the element definitions.

Usage Notes

To add a new element definition, click Add New Definition (). The template for the new element definition is added to the window.

Note

The order in which the element definitions are listed dictates the order in which they are calculated for design objects. If a design object matches more than one element definition, only the value calculated for the first matching definition is included in the metric result. This means that you should put the more specific definitions at the top of the list and general definitions nearer the bottom.

You can move an element up or down in the list by selecting it and clicking Move Selected Definition Up in the list () or Move Selected Definition Down in the list ().

To delete a element definition, select it and click Remove Selected Definition (). The element definition is removed from the window.

The template for a element definition is:

Object Type matching {any} value is Expression

The red and green text indicates editable strings:

Click Object Type to select an object type from a list.
Click {any} to display a menu where you can select or create a condition using a query expression. Either: Select an existing query expression directly from the menu. If you select {any}, all objects of the selected Object Type are considered by the element definition.

Select New to display the Condition Dialog Box (Capital Configuration Optimizer) where you can define a query expression. The query expression is saved to the database and is available to all users wherever they can select a query expression in the system.

Choose Edit to display either the Condition dialog box or the Edit Query Expressions dialog box (see the Query Expressions topic in the Capital Project Manager User Guide for information on how to use this dialog box). The displayed dialog box depends on which dialog box was used to create the condition currently displayed in the metric template.

Click Expression to display the Calculation Dialog Box (Capital Configuration Optimizer) where you can create a calculation using a query expression.

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Harness Level Optimization Dialog Box and Field Reference