An administrator has been asked to add a new KPI that monitors the number of PM Work Orders completed on a weekly basis over time for a particular department. Within the KPI Manager, which…

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Options

• ATrend
• BDecimal
• CInteger
• DPercentage

• A
  11% (3)
• B
  81% (22)
• C
  4% (1)
• D
  4% (1)

Explanation

Decimal (B) is correct because KPI Manager's Decimal calculation type is designed to return a specific numeric value from a query or calculation - making it the appropriate choice for capturing a count of completed PM Work Orders as a measurable figure over time.

Trend (A) is wrong because it only indicates directional movement (up/down/flat) relative to a target, not an actual numeric count - it answers "is performance improving?" not "how many were completed?"

Integer (C) is a tempting distractor since work order counts are whole numbers, but Integer is not the correct calculation type within KPI Manager for this use case; Decimal handles numeric values (including whole numbers) for this kind of count-based KPI.

Percentage (D) is wrong because it represents a ratio out of 100, which would require a numerator and denominator - not a straight count of completed work orders.

Memory tip: Think of Decimal as the "default numeric" type in KPI Manager - whenever you need to track how many or how much (a raw number), reach for Decimal, even if the result will always be a whole number.

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