Adding Indicator Groups and Indicators

You perform this procedure to add indicators and indicator groups either directly on a template object or from the Indicator Groups or Indicators card.

Prerequisites

You must have the TEMPLATE_DELETE or TEMPLATE_EDIT role.

Context

Using this procedure, you can add indicator groups or indicators directly on a template object.
SAP Operations can now deliver indicator groups and indicators that can be commonly reused:
  • Global indicator groups & indicators are displayed in the indicator group or indicator lists with Source = SAP
  • Global indicator groups & indicators can be reused, but not edited.

  • Codelists can be shared with global indicators.

Procedure

  1. Select the template and choose Start of the navigation pathAdd Next navigation step Indicator GroupsEnd of the navigation path. In the Add Indicator Groups window, to add new Indicator group, select New and perform the following tasks:
    1. In the New Indicator Group window, enter the values for the fields as described in the table:

      Field

      Description

      ID(*)

      Enter an ID for the indicator group.

      Short Description(*)

      Enter an appropriate short description that describes the indicator group.

      Long Description

      Enter an appropriate long description that describes the indicator group.
    2. Choose OK.
    3. You can add the attributes by selecting the attribute group and choosing the Edit button.
  2. In the Add Indicator Group option from the template object window, to use an existing indicator group, search for an existing indicator group, and perform the following tasks:
    1. From the search results, select an appropriate indicator group.
    2. Choose OK.
  3. To save the indicator group, choose Save in the relevant indicator group section.
  4. To remove the indicator group, choose Remove in the relevant indicator group section.
  5. To add indicators to the indicator group, perform the following tasks:
    1. In the selected indicator group section, choose Edit to add indicators to the indicator group.
    2. In the indicator group window, go to Indicators tab and choose Add and perform the following tasks:

      1. In the Add Indicators dialog box, to add new indicator, select New.

      2. In the New Indicator window, enter values for the fields as described in the table:

        Field

        Description

        ID(*)

        Enter a name for the indicator.

        Description(*)

        Enter a short description.

        Long Description

        Enter a long description.

        Data Type(*)
        Select any of the following options:
        • Date: select date if you want the data type to support a date value.

        • Boolean: select boolean if you want the data type to support boolean values. Indicator Type: select the indicator type. It can be measured, calculated, and assessed.

        • String: select string if you want the data type to support alpha numeric values.

        • Numeric: select numeric if you want the data type to support a numeric value. You can now also have numeric as relational operators.

        • Numeric Flexible: select numeric flexible if you want the data type to support decimal value. Numeric Flexible supports a range of (15,10).

        Indicator Type

        		 Define if the indicator is of type:

        • Measured

          Quantitative indicators that help you to monitor whether you are doing what you planned (outputs) but do not give us an idea of the effect that is brought about by these outputs.

        • Calculated

          Indicators derived using algorithms or some kind of calculation.

        • Assessed

          Indicators that can be used in assessments.
        Global Select if the indicator is a global indicator or not.
      3. Choose OK.
  6. In the Add Indicators dialog box, to use an existing indicator from SAP Asset Intelligence Network, search for an existing indicator using the Search text box and perform the following tasks:
    1. From the search results list, select an appropriate indicator.
    2. Choose OK.

Results

  1. Go to the relevant app Equipment or Models. You have created the indicators. To instantiate the indicators:

  2. Select a piece of equipment or a model from the list.

  3. Choose Indicators under the Monitoring tab.

  4. Select the indicator that you want to instantiate and choose Configure Indicator.

    You can define the indicator type, default unit of measure, indicator category, indicator space, and threshold values for the indicator.

  5. Choose Confirm.