Adding a profile

  1. Right-click a cell and select Phasing.
  2. Click My Profiles.
  3. Click New.
  4. Specify a name for the profile. Use names that are self-explanatory.
  5. Optionally, specify a description for the profile.
  6. Specify the weights for each applicable cell. The number specified in each column determines how the amount in the Value box of the Phasing dialog box is distributed, or spread, among the cells in your selected range.
    Column 1 corresponds to the first cell of the selected range on your grid, column 2 corresponds to the second cell of your selected range, column 3 corresponds to the third cell in your range, and so on.
    The data is called a spread string. The amount distributed to each cell in the range is a fraction of the Value box amount, where the numerator is the assigned weight, and the denominator is the sum of the weights.
    Range Cell Value = Value Field Amount x Row Weight/Total Weights
    For example, if the spread string is 1,1,1,1,0,1,1 and the value to spread is 60, the fraction for the first cell is 1/6, or 1/(1+0+1+1+1+1+1). Each cell with a weight of 1 receives 10 (or 1/6 * 60), and every cell with a weight of 0 receives 0. If there are four weights in the weight list but only three cells selected in the range, the first three weights are totaled, and the fourth is ignored.
  7. Click OK.