The Criteria and Rating Scales pages have been combined into a single page. This page has replaced the two separate Criteria and Rating Scale pages. In this page, the following are included:
Brainstorming Area
- Optional area to "park" potential Criteria
- Type a Brainstorm and hit Enter to add
- Brainstorms can be reordered by dragging
- Brainstorms cannot be edited once created but can be deleted
- Brainstorms can be added/removed to the tree by dragging
- Available metrics will also display as options for Criteria
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Criteria Icons and their Meanings
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Managing Criteria
- Dragging criteria will display a drop zone line to define order and level or hierarchy in the tree.
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Defining Rating Scales
- Rating Scales can be only be assigned at the lowest level of any branch of the criteria tree
- When a Scale has not yet been assigned, clicking on the grey icon will bring up the Rating Scale wizard
- Options will be provided offering either Qualitative or Quantitative template
Working with Existing Scales
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- Qualitative Scales can be added using the Add Ratings Button
- New Scale options will automatically be added to the bottom
- Ratings can be reordered using Drag and Drop to display as desired
- Clicking Show Rating Definitions will open an editable definition area
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- Quantitative Scale rating points can be added using the Add Rating Button
- New Ratings will default to a 100 point scale but can be edited as needed
- Ratings will automatically reorder from lowest to highest number
- Associate Rating value between 0-1 can be defined
- Clicking Show Rating Definitions will open an editable definition area