How to set up summary metrics for projects
If you collect metric data for your projects and use automatic dashboards, you can also summarize this data. You can set up fully automated summary metrics: newly created projects are then automatically added not only to the dashboard but also to the overall total.
Summary metric calculations can be based on the project type. You set them up once, and the summary metrics are automatically updated according to your modifications.
Watch the video guide, or follow the text instructions below.
Before you set up summary metrics for A3 projects, complete the preparatory steps in the first two parts below.
Part 1 – Set up your A3 project with a project type
Select the project type
Go to the action list’s settings by clicking the edit pencil, scroll down to the Settings tab and choose a Project type from the submenu. You can select from the project types already created in the system.
If you need to create a new project and your role is not sufficient to do that, please contact us or your system administrator for assistance.
Part 2 – Set up automatic metric dashboards
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Open the Dashboard Setup tab. Go to the metric dashboard settings and scroll down to the Dashboard Setup tab.
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Turn on automatic generation. Tick the Automatically generate units containing actual metric values box.
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Select the project types. Select Action List and the project types from the submenu, and make the other selections based on your preference.
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Add and pin your org. unit. To see the total for your org. unit in the dashboard, you also need to add your org. unit and pin it in the metric dashboard settings. Click the green plus button to add the org. unit from the org. structure.
Pin your org. unit to the dashboard by clicking the pin icon.
From now on, any time a new project with the same project type(s) and other selections is created in the system, it is automatically added to your dashboard.
Part 3 – Set up summary metrics for your projects
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Open the summary metrics. In the Metric Dashboards module, select Summary metrics from the submenu.
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Create a single metric. Click the three black dots in the upper right corner and select Create single metric.
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Complete the main settings. Complete the main settings definition (see how to create summary metrics).
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Select the projects by project type. Under Action lists, choose Select based on Project Type and Org. Structure and choose the project type from the options in the submenu. You can also choose a specific org. unit in which the projects are located, and whether to include subfolders and archived items.
If you do not specify any location, the summary metric includes all projects with that project type created in the system across your whole company.
See the automatic updates
Once you complete all the steps above, whenever a new project is created with the specific project type and other settings, it is added to the metric dashboard automatically, and the summary metrics are updated automatically too.
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