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Calculate Cost from Initial Estimate

Automatically calculates a cost field based on the value entered into "Initial Estimate" and a configurable price per hour. The cost field will be automatically updated whenever the initial estimate is modified.

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Description

Installation

Install the script fields extension: /polarion/extensions/extension.jsp?extension=PE-199

Copy cost.js to Polarion's scripts folder (defaults to <Polarion Installation>/scripts).

Extension Configuration

Create a Wiki page called script-field-config in the default wiki space and add following content:

{code}

scriptfield.[requirement]cost.script=cost.js
scriptfield.[requirement]cost.pricePerManhour=50

{code}

The {code} tags are just there to make the content of the wiki page look nicer.

scriptfield.[requirement]cost.script=cost.js configures that the script cost.js will be run to calculate the content of the fiel cost in requirement work items.
scriptfield.[requirement]cost.pricePerManhour=50 defines how much one man hour costs, the value will be used in the script to do the calculation.

Custom field configuration

You have to define a custom field that stores the calculated value for the example to work.
Add following custom field definition to the configuration of the requirement custom fields:

<field id="cost" type="currency" name="Cost" description=""/>

Information

Vendor Ben Gleei (Siemens PLM)

Published Version 1.0 - January 2014