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- | ==== 4.01.03. Usage tab ==== | + | ==== 4.01.04. Items - Usage tab ==== |
- | {{ :items:usage.png? | + | //Back to [[items:item_basics# |
- | The Usage tab allows you to view the item usage per month for the previous 24 months. This information is very useful for quickly spotting a trend in usage for a particular item. | + | The Usage tab allows you to view the historic |
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Below the list of usage for each month there is a drop down list to choose from 1 to 24 months. After choosing a value, the **Mean** (average) **usage** and **Standard deviation** figures will be updated to give the figures for the period chosen (the period is from the selected number of months ago to the current day). | Below the list of usage for each month there is a drop down list to choose from 1 to 24 months. After choosing a value, the **Mean** (average) **usage** and **Standard deviation** figures will be updated to give the figures for the period chosen (the period is from the selected number of months ago to the current day). | ||
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**Refresh usage button:** This button allows you to update the usage with transactions that were added since you opened the window (this applies to multi-user mode). It also allows you to show the usage with or without build transactions included in the totals, depending on whether or not the **Include builds** checkbox is checked. | **Refresh usage button:** This button allows you to update the usage with transactions that were added since you opened the window (this applies to multi-user mode). It also allows you to show the usage with or without build transactions included in the totals, depending on whether or not the **Include builds** checkbox is checked. | ||
- | **Show Graph button:** Clicking this button shows the same information in a graphical format: | + | <WRAP center round info 60%> |
+ | If a user has the **View items** permission but not the **Edit items** permission, they are still able to use the functionality described here to investigate the usage of items in ' | ||
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+ | === Show Graph button | ||
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+ | Clicking the **Show Graph** button shows the same information in a graphical format: | ||
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One coloured set of bars shows the usage for the current year, another coloured set shows the usage for the previous year (if data is available). | One coloured set of bars shows the usage for the current year, another coloured set shows the usage for the previous year (if data is available). | ||
+ | === Forecasting === | ||
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+ | Refer to the section on [[items: | ||
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