Key Figure

Use

You use key figures in the following Student Lifecycle Management applications:

  • Module appraisal

    When you create an appraisal for modules, you use key figures to calculate the grades within an appraisal template.

    You can assign a key figure to each appraisal element you insert in the appraisal template. You can also define the default key figure the system should use for an appraisal element which has not been assigned a key figure.

  • Audit

    In audits, you use key figures to map auxiliary conditions. You assign these auxiliary conditions to requirements in a requirement catalog. The system evaluates the auxiliary conditions when you perform audit runs.

Key figures can be grades or credits, for example.

Integration

Performance indices are special key figures which are based on module bookings. You can therefore use a performance index as a reference when you define a key figure.

You need academic scales for key figures.

Prerequisites

You have set up the required academic scales. You make this setting in Customizing for Student Lifecycle Management under Start of the navigation path Student Lifecycle Management Master Data Next navigation step Academic Scales End of the navigation path .

You make the settings for key figures in Customizing for Student Lifecycle Management under Start of the navigation path Student Lifecycle Management Master Data Next navigation step Key Figures End of the navigation path .

You make the settings you need to be able to use key figures in module appraisals in Customizing for Student Lifecycle Management under Start of the navigation path Student Lifecycle Management Processes Next navigation step Appraisal End of the navigation path in the following IMG activities:

  • Define Appraisal Templates

  • Define Default Key Figure

Features

Key Figures Without Reference to a Performance Index

A key figure that does not refer to a performance index can contain the following parameters:

  • Calculation method

  • Calculation scale (academic scale)

  • Result scale (academic scale)

  • Output semantics of the key figure

  • Allowed input semantics of the key figure

When you calculate key figures, you require input values which comply with specific semantics rules. For example, if you want to calculate an average grade as a key figure, you must use grades as the input parameter. The output of this key figure is also a grade. Therefore, you must define the input and output semantics for each key figure.

The input and output semantics define the structure of the return value, which is composed of the following elements:

  • Grade (with a scale)

  • Value (with a unit)

  • Both

Key Figures With Reference to a Performance Index

Performance indices are key figures as well. However, they are special key figures which are calculated on the basis of academic work.

Note Note

You do not have to create key figures for existing performance indices. You only have to create the key figures you need for the above applications.

End of the note.

The calculation of key figures for an auxiliary condition, such as number of credits or average grade, is based on academic work. In this case, you use a key figure that refers to a performance index.