BalancedScorecard infopad rule file syntax

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Developing Balanced Scorecard applications : Balanced scorecard infopads : Defining rule file syntax for balanced scorecard infopads : BalancedScorecard infopad rule file syntax

The main scorecard, called BalancedScorecard, holds the overall score and is defined as follows.

Syntax

BalancedScorecard := new persistent
infopad<cell{Score:float}>[][1]("BalancedScorecard");

This defines the infopad with an unspecified number of rows ([]). One row is created for each time period, usually months. The only slot value needed here is the overall score.

BalancedScorecard.addRowLabels("Months",
list{common::common_rules::MonthLookupInfopad[NOW.month()][1].nonthName+NOW.year()});

This action follows the same row naming convention as the FinanceInfopad and other perspectives.

BalancedScorecard.addColLabels("Scores", list{"Scores"});

This adds a label for the column, not very useful in BPM Events but a good feature for the infopad display in other components.

BalancedScorecard[1][1].Score := 7.3969193;

This updates the first row with some default value.

schedule("BalancedScorecardRowCreator",
(((YEAR:((NOW).year())/MONTH:((NOW).month()))+(1*MONTH))-(1*DAY)),type:"
AddBalancedScorecardScorecardRows",value:"monthly");

The last item in the Initialization section is to schedule the event which triggers the rule to add a row to all the necessary infopads.

This line schedules an event to be triggered on the last day of the month the rules were loaded in. The event adds a row to the necessary tables at the end of the month. Please see the BPM Events User’s Guide for additional information on the schedule action.