Create a Scorecard Metric Template

A scorecard metric is used to "score" items on a rating scale. When a value is selected for a scorecard metric line item, it is "scored" using a discrete value that is set up when the metric template is created. Organizations often use this kind of metric against incoming Ideas to create some type of objective scoring method to determine which projects they will or won't do. The actual scoring can be anything from complexity of the project to cost and / or ease of implementation.  

1. Click Metrics

1. On the Icon Bar click the Admin button.
2. Click Templates to expand the menu, then click Metrics.

2. Click Create New

• Click Create New.

3. Enter Basic Info

1. Type a name and description for the scorecard metric.
2. For Allow Rollup, select Yes.
3. From the Calendar drop-down menu, select Gregorian.
4. From the FrequencyIs drop-down menu, select No Frequency.
5. Under Automated Work Type Association, select the object(s) you want to associate the metric template with. Normally this is an incoming idea.
6. Click Next.

See Basic Info Metric Tab for more information about these individual fields.

4. Add Line Items

1. Type a numeric value in the Seq field.
2. From the Data Type drop-down menu, select Numeric.
3. Type a name for your first line item. This line is considered one of your "scoring" criteria.
4. From the Constraint drop-down menu, select Set.
5. From the Behavior drop-down menu, select Absolute.
6. Type a description for your first line item. This will appear as a hover over in the metric to provide users additional information about what is expected for this field.
7. Repeat Steps 1 - 6 to add additional line items.

See Line Items Metric Tab for more information about these individual fields.

5. Add Separator Line

1. Type a numeric value in the Seq field.
2. From the Data Type drop-down menu, select Separator.

Note: The separator line is not required but it can be good to add to provide space between the scoring line items and the total score.

6. Add Calculated Line Item

1. Type a numeric value in the Seq field.
2. From the Data Type drop-down menu, select Numeric.
3. Type a name for your calculated line item.
4. From the Constraint drop-down menu, select None.
5. From the Behavior drop-down menu, select Absolute.
6. Type a description for your calculated line item.
7. Click Next.

7. Enter Set Values

1. Type a numeric value in the Seq field.
2. Type a numeric value in the Discrete Values field. This number is used to calculate your score but is not visible to the user during selection.
3. Type a description for this selection in the Labels field. The value you enter here will appear as a drop down list for the user to select from.
4. Repeat Steps 1 - 3 for all remaining line items.
5. Click Next.

8. Create Computation for Calculated Line Item

1. Click the link for your calculated line item.
2. Create the computation for your calculated line item in the Create Computation box. You can use the Text Mode option to edit the calculation of a particular scoring line if you want to give more weight to one specific criteria over another.
3. Click Save.

See Computation Metric Tab for more information about creating a calculation.

9. Click Next

• Click Next.

10. Click Submit

• Click Submit.

11. View Metric Template

• View the newly created metric template in the Metric Templates list.

12. View Metric

• View the newly created metric template after it has been attached to a project.