{"id":835,"date":"2012-04-24T05:17:41","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T05:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/training.edensuite.com.au\/?page_id=835"},"modified":"2019-12-06T08:09:02","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T08:09:02","slug":"estimation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/training.edensuite.com.au\/?page_id=835","title":{"rendered":"Estimate Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hidden\">Estimation can be a powerful tool for planning or reporting purposes. Eden Suite allows estimates to be added either via standard <a title=\"Data Entry\" href=\"http:\/\/training.edensuite.com.au\/?page_id=833\">Data Entry<\/a>, where the user will choose Estimated Data in the pedigree field, or by generating an estimate using the tools in Eden Suite.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"pre-requisites\">\n<h2>Pre-Requisites<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"show_hide\" href=\"#\">Show\/Hide<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"slidingDiv\">\n<ul>\n<li>A fully configured Asset<\/li>\n<li>A fully configured Measurement Device<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Description<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eden Suite can generate estimates of usage based on previous consumption. Several options for estimation are available including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Average of the previous three months<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Average of the previous six months<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Average of the same time last year<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">User specified time frame<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Estimated data exists alongside actual data and can be searched, modified and deleted using the same screens as normal data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can generate estimates one at a time through the Estimate Data function. You can also generate Bulk Estimates by running the Find Data Gaps report, reviewing it and uploading it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Producing bulk estimates can be helpful in assigning data to future months for forecasting and budgeting. It is important that activity pedigree priorities are established correctly so that when actual usage data is received it is used in preference to the estimates (if desired).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Key Terms and References<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Consumption Data\" href=\"http:\/\/training.edensuite.com.au\/?page_id=1138\">Consumption Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Raw Activity Data\" href=\"http:\/\/training.edensuite.com.au\/?page_id=1138\">Raw Activity Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Pedigree\" href=\"http:\/\/training.edensuite.com.au\/?page_id=1138\">Pedigree<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Estimation Guides<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Generate Bulk Estimates\" href=\"http:\/\/training.edensuite.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/generate-an-estimate-nov19.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here for more on Estimate data (single estimate)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Generate Bulk Estimates\" href=\"http:\/\/training.edensuite.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/find-no-data_Bulk_EstimateNov19.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here for more on Find Data Gaps (bulk estimate)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Hints and Tips<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Check that your asset has data available for the estimate to be based on<\/li>\n<li>Check that your asset has a full months data for your estimate to be based on, if you have less than a full month of data the system will perform the estimate\u00a0 but you will get better results if you provide it with full data<\/li>\n<li>Estimates produced in bulk have the selected Estimation Method stored as part of the raw usage data description e.g. &#8220;Estimation:Simple Average&#8221;. In &#8216;Find Data&#8217; in Data Management, searching for Estimated usage data can then be filtered further in &#8216;Options&#8217; by choosing Usage Type = Estimated and typing the estimation method name (or part of it) in the Description field e.g.\u00a0 Description = Simple<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Estimation can be a powerful tool for planning or reporting purposes. Eden Suite allows estimates to be added either via standard Data Entry, where the user will choose Estimated Data &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/training.edensuite.com.au\/?page_id=835\"><span style=\"font-size: 10px;\">See more<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":500,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-835","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/training.edensuite.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/training.edensuite.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/training.edensuite.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.edensuite.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.edensuite.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=835"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/training.edensuite.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2070,"href":"https:\/\/training.edensuite.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/835\/revisions\/2070"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.edensuite.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/training.edensuite.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}