The Earned Value Management Macros: %EVA_METRICS :: SAS/OR(R) 9.2 User's Guide: Project Management

The Earned Value Management Macros

%EVA_METRICS

This macro is used to generate summary statistics for the status date(s) requested, along with periodic metrics.

%EVA_METRICS < ( parameters ) > ;

Note: %EVA_METRICS requires output from both %EVA_PLANNED_VALUE and %EVA_EARNED_VALUE.

Optional Parameters

ACRONYMS=long

specifies whether the long form of the earned value acronyms is to be used - e.g., BCWP versus EV. The short form is used unless the macro variable _ACRONYMS_ is set to "long" or ACRONYMS=long is specified. The parameter overrides the macro variable setting; i.e., specifying any non-null value other than "long" for the ACRONYMS= parameter produces short forms.

EACFORM=integer

indicates the form of the EAC to be used in computing ETC, VAC, VAC percentage, and TCPI $_{\rm eac}$ . The values are assigned as follows:

1 - EAC $_{\rm rev}$
2 - EAC $_{\rm otd}$
3 - EAC $_{\rm cpi}$
4 - EAC $_{\rm cpix spi}$

The default value is 3 for EAC $_{\rm cpi}$ .

EV=SAS-data-set

identifies the input data set containing the periodic earned value and actual cost. It is generated by the %EVA_EARNED_VALUE macro, with name specified by the EV= parameter of the %EVA_EARNED_VALUE macro. The default data set name is EV.

METRICS=SAS-data-set

identifies the periodic output data set containing earned value metrics. The default name of the periodic output data set is METRICS.

PV=SAS-data-set

identifies the input data set containing the periodic planned value. It is generated by the %EVA_PLANNED_VALUE macro, with name specified by the PV= parameter of the %EVA_PLANNED_VALUE macro. The default data set name is PV.

SUMMARY=SAS-data-set

identifies the output data set, which contains a summary of metrics derived with respect to the last time given by the TIMENOW= parameter. The default name of the summary output data set is SUMMARY.

TIMENOW=time(s)

specifies one or more reference dates ('ddmmmyy'd) or datetimes ('ddmmmyy:hh:mm:ss'dt) delimited by white space, for the summary output. For example:

    %eva_metrics(timenow='01SEP05'd '15SEP05:12:00:00'dt);

The list of dates or datetimes must be in chronological order. The default value is today's date, unless the macro variable _TIMENOW_ has been set, in which case the default is the latter.

Figure 9.3 summarizes the parameters used for managing input and output data sets in the %EVA_METRICS macro.

Table 9.3: %EVA_METRICS I/O Parameter Summary

Type	Data Set
INPUT	EV
INPUT	PV
OUTPUT	METRICS
OUTPUT	SUMMARY

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