Configuring a “Favorites” section

Another way to make commonly used metrics easily accessible is to add a “favorites” grouping spec to the metric. For example, assume that the manager described in the previous example has an even stronger affinity for diameter tolerances than for tolerances starting with “c”. An aPriori administrator could make an additional edit to configHeatMap.xml to ensure that “Diam Tolerance” appears at the very top of the pull-down list, in the “Favorites” section:

1 Open configHeatMap.xml in an editor and scroll down to the “diamTolerance” section:

</GroupingSpecs>

2 Add a “favorites” grouping spec line underneath the existing “gtol” line:

(You can optionally remove other “favorites” specs from other items if you want this particular item to stand put.)

3 Save the file when done, then restart aPriori. The favorites section of the Criterion menu should now prominently display the “Diam Tolerance” metric.