Configuring Threshold Values

You can configure the values that define the point and color at which an item's status is considered good, cautious, or risky. You can configure threshold values for RPNs (Risk Priority Numbers), slip days, and cost ratios. You can also define threshold colors.

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Configuring Properties
  1. Create or open the text file to contain customized properties. For more information, see Editing Properties Using MQL.
  2. To determine the point at which a project is in a good (green), cautious (yellow), or risky (red) state based upon the RPN value, follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit these lines in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      eServiceApplicationProgramCentralRPNThreshold.Yellow = 7
eServiceApplicationProgramCentralRPNThreshold.Red = 16
eServiceApplicationProgramCentralRPNThreshold.Max = 25

      These options provide a visual change in the state of the project which is displayed on the Risk summary page and the project dashboards.

      The yellow and red properties accept any number from 0 to the Max value. If the Max is changed from 25, the ranges for the Risk Impact and Risk Probability attributes should also be changed. By default, they are 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 so the maximum RPN can never be greater than 25 (highest probability multiplied by the highest impact).

      The RPN status flags are defined as follows:

      • Green=0 through (Yellow value –1)
      • Yellow=(Yellow value) through (Red value – 1)
      • Red=(Red value) through 25

    2. Set the value for these properties depending on your business requirements.
  3. To define slip thresholds, the point at which the slip values display as green, yellow, or red on the Schedule Summary, Project Summary, and Gantt chart pages, follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit these lines in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      eServiceApplicationProgramCentral.SlipThresholdGreenYellow=0
eServiceApplicationProgramCentral.SlipThresholdYellowRed=5
      The SlipThresholdGreenYellow property defines the number of days prior to the due date that the status flag will display as yellow. The SlipThresholdYellowRed property defines the number of days prior to the due date that the flag displays as red. The project and task color displays red when a project or task is not complete by the estimated due date.

    2. Set the value for this property depending on your business requirements.
  4. To determine the point at which the cost ratio value on the project dashboard displays as green, yellow, or red, follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit these lines in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      eServiceApplicationProgramCentral.CostRatioThresholdGreenYellow=100
eServiceApplicationProgramCentral.CostRatioThresholdYellowRed=110
      The ratio calculation is Actual Cost / Planned Cost and is green if no Actual Costs exist or if the ratio is below the CostRatioThresholdGreenYellow value. It is yellow if the ratio is between the CostRatioThresholdGreenYellow and CostRatioThresholdYellowRed, and red if over the CostRatioThresholdYellowRed.

    2. Set the value for this property depending on your business requirements.
  5. To configure threshold colors, follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit these lines in the file used to import properties into a page object: 

      eServiceApplicationProgramCentral.SlipThreshholdColor1=008000
eServiceApplicationProgramCentral.SlipThreshholdColor2=FFCC00
eServiceApplicationProgramCentral.SlipThreshholdColor3=FF0000
eServiceApplicationProgramCentral.RiskThreshholdColor1=008000
eServiceApplicationProgramCentral.RiskThreshholdColor2=FFCC00
eServiceApplicationProgramCentral.RiskThreshholdColor3=FF0000
eServiceApplicationProgramCentral.CostRatioThreshholdColor1=008000
eServiceApplicationProgramCentral.CostRatioThreshholdColor2=FFCC00
eServiceApplicationProgramCentral.CostRatioThreshholdColor3=FF0000

      Colors are defined by a sequence of three hexadecimal numbers with values ranging from 00 - FF (values 0-255 in decimal). Each of the hexadecimal numbers defines the color value for one of the color components. The definition is in this format:

      RRGGBB

      where RR is the value of the red color component, GG is the value of the green color component, and BB is the value of the blue color component.

      The combination of the three components determines the final color. A value of 00 is the darkest shade and a value of FF is the lightest shade for a color component. For example, a value of 000000 represents pure black, and a value of FFFFFF represents pure white. A value of FF for each of the three color components with 00 for the other two components will result in pure red, pure green, and pure blue, respectively.

    2. Set the value for this property depending on your business requirements.
  6. When finished updating the text file with all properties you want to modify, including the ones shown here, use the text file to modify the emxProgramCentral.properties page object. For more information, see Editing Properties Using MQL.