Adding a Metric

When you add a metric to the list, you can also configure one or more of the following:

•Threshold - You can set a value that triggers a threshold indicator for this metric, which you can format when creating a view part.

•Target - You can set a value that indicates a goal or objective for this metric. When creating the view part, you can then apply a style (Target Style on the View Parts General tab) to highlight the target data.

To Add a Metric:

  1. Open the category in which you want to add a metric.
  2. In the drop-down field at the bottom of the list, select the desired statistic and click Add. If you enable the Virtual check box, that allows you to create a custom metric.
  3. Reopen the category to see the statistic has been added to the list. To configure the new metric, click the link in the Title column. Three tabs appear: Metric Properties, Metric Thresholds, and Metric Targets.
  4. On the Metric Properties tab:
  1. Type a title for this metric. This title only appears in the Web Statistics configuration pages in the Management Portal.
  2. Select a Value Type: number, text, percent, time, image, or title.

The Source field is currently used only for delivered metrics and identifies where the data comes from: Attr (Attribute) indicates and object attribute from the Statistics and Metrics Engine and Eval (Evaluated) indicates data that is dynamically generated.

  1. Click the Update and Commit Changes buttons.
  1. On the Metric Thresholds tab:
  1. Use any of the following fields to set the value that triggers the threshold indicator.
    • Min - The threshold indicator activates when the statistic is less than this value.
    • Max - The threshold indicator activates when the statistic is greater than this value.
    • Value - The threshold indicator activates when the statistic is equals this value
  1. Click the Add button. The threshold is added to the table along with a Title field.
  2. Type a Threshold Title. This title displays only in the Web Statistics configuration pages of the Management Portal.

Click the red x icon to delete a threshold value.

  1. Repeat steps 5a through 5c to add more Thresholds as needed.
  2. Click the Update and Commit Changes buttons.
  1. On the Metric Targets tab:
  1. Use the following fields to configure the metric target value:
  • Direction - Indicates the direction of progress toward the target (Up or Down).
  • Value - Indicates the achievement value of the target.
  • Title - This title displays only in the Web Statistics configuration pages of the Management Portal
  1. Click the Add button. The target displays in the table
  2. To configure different targets for specific users and/or groups, click the Target1 link. The Edit Target window opens.
  1. At the bottom of the window, select the Person or Group and type the target value for that person or group.
  2. Click the Add button. The target for that person or group is added to the table.
  3. Configure targets for other users or groups as needed.
  4. When finished, click the Close button.
  5. Repeat steps 6a through 6g to add more Targets as needed.
  6. Click the Update and Commit Changes buttons.

To Delete a Metric:

  1. Select the check box next to the metric and click Remove.
  2. Click the Commit Changes button to enact the change.

To Create a Custom Metric:

  1. Click the Virtual check box in the desired category, and click Add (a random ID number is assigned to the metric until you type a new title on the Metric Properties tab).
  2. You can then click the Title link to configure the metric.