Understanding Program Calculation Rules

Program calculation rules are rules that perform device score calculations. Program calculation rules are created for a specific program calculation group. For example, if you were configuring two program calculation groups and both included a specific program calculation rule, you would need to create two instances of the program calculation rule, one for each group.

The base package includes the following program calculation rule business objects:

Program Calculation Rule

Description

Generic Program Calculation Rule (X1-GenericProgramCalcRule)

This is a parent business object for all Program Calculation Rule business objects, and is used to define the lifecycle and schema of child rule business objects.

Score Calculation Rule (X1-ScoreCalculationRule)

This rule is used to calculate control scores for controllable devices.

System Data

Program calculation rules are based on the system data:

Data Type

Description

Maintenance Object

Usage Rule (D1-USGRULE)

Business Object(s)

Generic Program Calculation Rule (X1-GenericProgramCalcRule)

Score Calculation Rule (X1-ScoreCalculationRule)