The meat of Analytics is the Measures - which contain Formulas that combine numerical data from assumptions in Usages and Properties , other measures subtotals, and site areas with additional formulaic inputs to produce calculations that match your firm’s requirements.
Results from calculations performed in Measures could be hard costs, net rents, IRR, NOI, impact - the sky is the limit!
Each formula that takes geometric properties and assumptions as inputs. For example:
Total cost = cost (from usages) * area (from the model)
A Measure can also take other measures as an input. For example:
Contingency = total cost (from existing measure) * 10%
Once the result of the formula is worked out for every feature the results have a final operation performed on them: sum, minimum, maximum, average and count.
The core of a measure is a formula, which is built of components.
Open the measure builder from the analytics window or configurator.
The measure builder opens when you click “new measure”
a. Category - Select from Categories in your project. This is where the measure will display in Tabs
b. Name - The display name of the measure
c. Unit - Select from Units in your project, or create a new one. The units display in Tabs
d. Precision - the number of decimal places to display / round to
e. Details - Give your measure a description. This helps other project editors understand what the measure is for
f. Tags - add tags to group measures
g. Filter: Filter by any property values within the project to only include specific features in the measure
h. Appearance
i. Components - The components are the inputs for your Formulas
j. Formulas combine Components and functions (from the Formula Function List) to create calculations
k. operation - see How do Analytics Measures Calculate?
l. per feature - inspect how the formula operates on each feature
m. result - the total or the result for the first drawing layer (if split by layer)
n. unused components - any unused components will throw an error. remove them from the measure if unnecessary
p. errors - If the result is an error or you cannot save, review errors here
q. quantity and rate - setQuantity/Rate here for export
r. save changes - adds the measure to the category and closes the builder
s. Duplicate or delete
Components allow you to define inputs for Formulas in Measures. Components call values from the model, other measures, and category subtotals within analytics.
Each component has controls and settings:
There are different types of components, which pull different types of information from your project.
To create Formulas , first define the input Components .
Each component is represented by a single letter, like A. Use these letters, combined with operands from the Formula Function List, to create a formula that captures the value you'd like to see.
For example, a 10% contingency cost for two items can be represented by (A + B) * 0.1.