IBM® Rational® Focal Point™ version
6.5.2 supports the option to define the units for the cost and benefit
streams in the time grid attribute. The unit can be monetary, non-monetary
or a mix of both.
All cost streams must have the same unit. Benefit streams can be
of different units. Time series variables can be of any unit or have
no unit. The time series variables do not need any assignment of units,
are not included in any monetary or non-monetary calculations of benefits,
and are useful only when leveraged by one or more calculator tapes.
Non-monetary benefits are included in benefits calculations, even
if they are not included in any of the monetary benefits calculations.
The unit is displayed in the upper left corner in the Time grid
or the axis in a chart. The unit is displayed for each row in the
Time Grid. The unit can be different for different variables. For
example, the variable “Quantity” can be in the unit “Hours”, but cost
and benefit are calculated using the unit “USD”.
A set of five statistics is displayed in the
Stats tab
when a page is assigned a unit other than USD or a recognized non-monetary
unit. Non-monetary benefits are not included in any benefits calculations
except for these five stats. This is also applicable to the time series
variables.
- <unit> to Date
- <unit> to Go
- Total <unit>
- <unit>/<cost unit> to Date
- <unit>/<cost unit> to Go
For example, if the unit is specified in "Hours", and the unit
of Cost stream is USD, the Stats tab shows these five statistics:
- Hours to Date
- Hours to Go
- Total Hours
- Hours/USD to Date
- Hours/USD to Go
Note: Conversion of one unit to a different unit is not supported.