{"id":2927,"date":"2017-11-16T08:49:29","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T08:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/?p=2927"},"modified":"2022-08-23T15:40:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T14:40:30","slug":"use-hierarchies-aggregate-apportion-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/use-hierarchies-aggregate-apportion-values\/","title":{"rendered":"Use Hierarchies to Aggregate and Apportion Values"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You will often want to organise information in a hierarchy. The <em>hierarchy<\/em> represents an entire collection of information. You can view the hierarchy at any level that is convenient. In effect, each level summarises the levels below it. Therefore, you may want any numerical information at the bottom of the <em>hierarchy<\/em> to be totalled at each higher level. So, it is common to use hierarchies to <em>aggregate<\/em> and <em>apportion<\/em> values.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cradle<\/em> can help you by <em>calculating appropriate values<\/em> at each level in the hierarchy. In the following <em>System Breakdown Structure (SBS)<\/em> hierarchy, the total weight of that component and everything within it is shown inside the square brackets:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2930\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2930\" style=\"width: 316px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2930 size-full\" title=\"Use Hierarchies to Aggregate and Apportion Values\" src=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Image1-1.png\" alt=\"Use Hierarchies to Aggregate and Apportion Values\" width=\"316\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Image1-1.png 316w, https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Image1-1-182x300.png 182w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SBS Hierarchy With Aggregated Total Weights<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Aggregation and Apportionment<\/h2>\n<p>Aggregation means to add together. In the example, the components of the transformer are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Transformer, weight 15<\/li>\n<li>Transformer mount, weight 5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Therefore, the aggregate weight is 20, which is shown as the weight of the entire transformer.<\/p>\n<p>Apportion means to divide, or split. If a set of pumps is to weigh at most 200kg, and there are 4 pumps, then we can apportion this weight budget equally between the four pumps. So, each pump is to weigh 200kg divided by 4, which is 50kg for each pump.<\/p>\n<p>So we normally aggregate actual values up a hierarchy.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore we normally apportion a budget value down a hierarchy.<\/p>\n<h2>Use Hierarchies to Aggregate and Apportion Values<\/h2>\n<p>You can aggregate values up a hierarchy by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create an integer attribute that stores the value for each item<\/li>\n<li>Create a calculation that adds the item&#8217;s value and the total of the values of all its children<\/li>\n<li>Store this calculated value as the total for this item and its children<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Another way to say this is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>value for an item = user-supplied value<\/li>\n<li>total for an item = value for the item + total of the &#8216;total for an item&#8217; for all children<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can apportion values down a hierarchy in a similar way:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create an integer value that stores the budget value for the item<\/li>\n<li>Create a calculation that divides the item&#8217;s parent budget value<\/li>\n<li>Store the calculated value as the budget for this item<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Integer Attributes<\/h2>\n<p>You can create integer, or positive integer, attributes in items. An integer attribute can only store an integer value. You can only store integers greater than or equal to zero in a positive integer attribute.<\/p>\n<p>You can create integer attributes as categories and then assign them to your items. For example, you can create an integer attribute Weight by:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2940\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2940\" style=\"width: 845px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2940 size-full\" title=\"Use Hierarchies to Aggregate and Apportion Values\" src=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Create-Integer-Attribute.png\" alt=\"Use Hierarchies to Aggregate and Apportion Values\" width=\"845\" height=\"641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Create-Integer-Attribute.png 845w, https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Create-Integer-Attribute-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Create-Integer-Attribute-768x583.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Creating an Integer Attribute<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ol>\n<li>Ensure you are logged-in as a user who has <strong>PROJECT<\/strong> privilege so you can change the schema<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Project Setup<\/strong> from the <strong>Project<\/strong> tab<\/li>\n<li>Set Options to <strong>Item Definitions<\/strong> and select the <strong>Categories<\/strong> tab:<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>New&#8230;<\/strong> and enter the name of the new attribute, for example <em>Weight<\/em>, and set its type to be <strong>Integer<\/strong> or <strong>Positive Integer<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Assign the new <em>Weight category<\/em> to an item type by:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2941\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2941\" style=\"width: 845px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2941 size-full\" title=\"Use Hierarchies to Aggregate and Apportion Values\" src=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Assign-an-Integer-Attribute.png\" alt=\"Use Hierarchies to Aggregate and Apportion Values\" width=\"845\" height=\"787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Assign-an-Integer-Attribute.png 845w, https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Assign-an-Integer-Attribute-300x279.png 300w, https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Assign-an-Integer-Attribute-768x715.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2941\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assign an Integer Attribute to an Item Type<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ol>\n<li>Select the <strong>I<\/strong><strong>tem Definitions<\/strong> tab<\/li>\n<li>Choose the item type<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Categories<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Select an unused category assignment and select the new <em>Weight<\/em> category:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Repeat this process to create another positive integer attribute <em>Total Weight<\/em> and also assign it to the item type. This is the attribute that will receive the result of the aggregation calculation.<\/p>\n<h2>The Aggregation Calculation<\/h2>\n<p>The last step to use<em> hierarchies<\/em> to <em>aggregate<\/em> and <em>apportion<\/em> values is the <em>aggregation<\/em> or <em>apportionment calculation<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Still inside the <em>schema<\/em> and with the same item type selected:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2943\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2943\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2943 size-full\" title=\"Use Hierarchies to Aggregate and Apportion Values\" src=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/A-New-Calculation.png\" alt=\"Use Hierarchies to Aggregate and Apportion Values\" width=\"840\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/A-New-Calculation.png 840w, https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/A-New-Calculation-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/A-New-Calculation-768x419.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A New Calculation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Select <strong>Calculations&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>New<\/strong> and enter the <em>calulation<\/em>&#8216;s name, such as <em>Weight Calcs<\/em><\/li>\n<li>To define the expression, we start by choosing the item&#8217;s own <em>weight<\/em> <em>category<\/em>:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2944\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2944\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2944 size-full\" title=\"Use Hierarchies to Aggregate and Apportion Values\" src=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Add-a-Category-to-a-Calculation-1.png\" alt=\"Use Hierarchies to Aggregate and Apportion Values\" width=\"840\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Add-a-Category-to-a-Calculation-1.png 840w, https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Add-a-Category-to-a-Calculation-1-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Add-a-Category-to-a-Calculation-1-768x419.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Add a Category to a Calculation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Then click the + button or manually enter + into the <em>calculation<\/em> to perform an addition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2945\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2945\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2945 size-full\" title=\"Use Hierarchies to Aggregate and Apportion Values\" src=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Add-Linked-Itmes-to-a-Calculation.png\" alt=\"Use Hierarchies to Aggregate and Apportion Values\" width=\"840\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Add-Linked-Itmes-to-a-Calculation.png 840w, https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Add-Linked-Itmes-to-a-Calculation-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Add-Linked-Itmes-to-a-Calculation-768x466.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Add Linked Items Into a Calculation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Then choose to total the <em>Total Weight<\/em> of all child items. We find the child items by finding all items of the same type that are linked to the current item by following all cross references found by the navigation <em>Downwards.<\/em> When we find these linked items, we get the <em>Total Weight<\/em> value from them:<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Validate<\/strong> to check the expression that we have created<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2946\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2946\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2946 size-full\" title=\"Use Hierarchies to Aggregate and Apportion Values\" src=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Store-the-Calculation-in-an-Attribute.png\" alt=\"Use Hierarchies to Aggregate and Apportion Values\" width=\"840\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Store-the-Calculation-in-an-Attribute.png 840w, https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Store-the-Calculation-in-an-Attribute-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Store-the-Calculation-in-an-Attribute-768x419.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Store the Calculation in an Attribute<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Finally we specify that we want the result of the <em>calculation<\/em> to be stored in the integer category <em>Total Weight<\/em> that we calculated. This means that each item&#8217;s total weight will be available to its parent item when it get values from its children, see 2 above<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Using the Results<\/h2>\n<p>We can use hierarchies to aggregate and apportion values and the results can be used either directly from the calculation, or by saving the result of the calculation in an attribute.<\/p>\n<p>You can either display a calculation or the category that stores its result. The values can be shown in views. This is what what we did to produce the <em>SBS<\/em> display at the start of this blog entry. Here is the view:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2947\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2947\" style=\"width: 782px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2947 size-full\" title=\"Use Hierarchies to Aggregate and Apportion Values\" src=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Displaying-a-Calculation-in-a-View.png\" alt=\"Use Hierarchies to Aggregate and Apportion Values\" width=\"782\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Displaying-a-Calculation-in-a-View.png 782w, https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Displaying-a-Calculation-in-a-View-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Displaying-a-Calculation-in-a-View-768x356.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Displaying a Calculation in a View<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You can use a calculation, or the category that stores its result:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In other <em>calculations<\/em>, or<\/li>\n<li>As part of <em>rule sets<\/em>, or<\/li>\n<li>To calculate part of a <em>metric<\/em>, or<\/li>\n<li>To calculate <em>KPIs<\/em> (key performance indicators) in <em>dashboards<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-small mash-center mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/use-hierarchies-aggregate-apportion-values\/&amp;via=threesl\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Tweet<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-small mash-center mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.threesl.com%2Fblog%2Fuse-hierarchies-aggregate-apportion-values%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Share<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-small mash-center mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Newsletter<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-small mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You will often want to organise information in a hierarchy. 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