Publishing Measures

The published GA measures can be divided into the following categories:

Read only—can only be used on the right-hand side of the expression

Writable—can be used on both the left-hand side and right-hand side of the expression

RuleGroupOnlyWritable—a specific measure that can be read/written in the specified rule group

Loadable—measures that can be loaded using OAT and can be present in the custom load batch control file

WorkbookMeasureOverride—measures which property can be overridden in the associated workbook

ReadableExecutionSet—list of GA batch control execution set names that can be called from within a custom batch control execution file

The list of published measures will change based upon configuration. Therefore, the list is dynamically generated at each configuration regeneration.

The contents of the list are saved in a file named: publishedMeasures.properties.

The file is located under [config]/plugins. Before writing custom rules, regenerate your application configuration and then open the file to search for published application measures.

Custom Measure Characteristics:

Sample Custom Measure

• Each line of the file contains multiple fields that are pipe (“|”) separated.

• The first field is one of the category names previously listed.

• The second field is the name of the measure or execution set.

• The third field is the measure label.

• For RuleGroupOnlyWritable, the fourth field is the rule group name.

• For WorkbookMeasureOverride, the fourth field is the name of the workbook in which this measure is allowed to be overridden.

ReadOnly|PreSeaProf|Seasonal Profile
ReadOnly|activefcstitem01|Active Forecast Items
ReadOnly|activefcstitem07|Active Forecast Items

Generally, forecasting parameter overrides such as Forecast Method Override, Custom Exception, Custom Exception Metric, auxiliary inputs to applications such as Promotion Aggregation Profile, and Grouping Membership are writable because an implementer may set them up through customized rules.