Managing a Site > Business Analytics

Overview

Metrics are values/data that always refer to the operator's interaction with the MCL application/device. A metric example is the number of sales executed by a vendor (in a Sales environment) or the number of shipped orders (in a Logistics environment).

They are fed to MCL-Mobility Platform through messages posted by the MCL application(s)/device(s).

The received metrics are processed and statistics such as Sum, Average, Min, etc, are calculated for each metric.

Counters are used to aggregate specific metrics, meaning, the results of the statistic operations of the defined metrics. These are updated/calculated, in real time, whenever the MCL application/device feeds those metrics

The "Counters Management" sub-module (included in the "Business Analytics" module of the "Control Panel") displays the counters created at account level.

Counters can ONLY be added at account level. The account's sites can view and use the existing counters (ex: as a basis for a dashboard) but they CANNOT edit them.

In the Site Dashboard's "Control Panel", click Business Analytics Button and, in the resulting row, click Counters Sub Module Button to access the "Counter Management" page.

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The "Counter Management" page displays all the counters available within the account.

Display Options

Use the following options to filter the display of counter information:

• This drop-down allows you to filter the listed counters by status:

<All> - every created counter is viewed.

Enabled - ONLY displays active counters.

Disabled - ONLY displays inactive counters.

• These buttons represent the available views for the counters:

List view (default "Counter Management" page view).

Grid view

Proceed as follows to define the intended view:

▪For a List View:

Click to have the counters organized into a list:

Counter Management_Page_List View_SD

This view displays the following information:

Status column	The following icons represent a counter's current status: Status "Enabled" - the corresponding counter is active, available for use. Status "Disabled" - the corresponding counter is inactive.
Ref.	The counter's internal reference (it is attributed, automatically, by the system).
Name (in light blue)	The counter's name (ex: Day Shift). If you click it, you have access to the corresponding counter's details page. See Counter Details.
Alias	The counter's alias (ex: DayShift).
Description	Information about the counter.
Creation Date	When the counter was created.
Last Update	The date of the counter's last update.
Last Updater	The name of the user that last updated the counter's info.

You can use the navigation bar to sort the listed information:

▪Click this box to select all the displayed counters, at once.

▪If you mouse over the desired column header, you activate the sorting arrow to organize/select the listed items of the corresponding column:

by ascending order.

by descending order. by descending order.

▪For a Grid View:

Click to have the counters displayed as a grid:

Counter Management_Page_Grid View_SD

This view provides the following information inside each box:

Counter Name (in light blue)	The counter's name (ex: Day Shift). If you click it, you have access to the corresponding counter's details page. See Counter Details.
Status:	"Enabled" - the counter is active, available for use. "Disabled" - the counter is inactive.
Ref.:	The counter's internal reference (it is attributed, automatically, by the system).
Alias:	The counter's alias (ex: DayShift).
Creation Date:	When the counter was created.
Last Update:	The date of the counter's last update.
Last Updater:	The name of the user that last updated the counter's info.
If information was added about the counter, at account level, it will appear below the "Last Updater" field (ex: "Items Picked by hour").

•Use the search box to look for a specific counter.

I. Enter what you want to search for. You can search by name or description.

II. Click or press <ENTER> in your PC keyboard to initiate the search.

III. To conclude the search operation, empty the search box and click OR press <ENTER> in your PC keyboard OR use the button to clear the entered search data and return to a full view.

Further Options/Information

The "Counter Management" page also provides the following options:

•Use this button to show/hide columns in the list view's navigation bar/grid view's boxes. Proceed as follows:

I. Click to access the list of available columns/fields.

Show_Hide Columns list Counters

II. Select the column(s)/field(s) to be shown/hidden by clicking the corresponding . The changes are applied, immediately.

III. Click to hide the list again.

•Use this button to export a list with the counters in view.

The counters list is exported with an Excel file format.

Since the export ONLY includes the currently displayed information, make sure the page contains the intended counters before you begin the export. If required, use the search tool and/or the "Status" drop-down to filter the display.

•Click this button to refresh the page's information.

Available Operations

In this case, at this level, you cannot manage any aspects of the counters. Counters are exclusively handled at account level.

You can, however, check a counter's settings in its details page so you know the metric information it receives and use it in a dashboard/its widgets as a data source.

To access a counter's "Counter Details" page, click the intended counter's name (displayed in light blue).

This chapter includes the following topic:

Topic
Counter Details