Archibus Area calculations

Tim Schaubroeck

Issue: The areas listed on data like building/floor area is wrong.

Causes:The update Area Totals action needs to be run.

Solution: You can find the update area totals in the navigator in these areas:

Space / Space Inventory / Building Performance (Non-Transactional)
Space / Space Inventory / Group Inventory (Non-Transactional)
Space / Space Inventory / Room Inventory (Non-Transactional)
Space / Space Chargeback / Standard Space Chargeback (Non-Transactional)
Space /Space Chargeback / Shared Workplace Chargeback (Non-Transactional)
Real Property / Chargeback & Invoicing / Chargeback Administrator / Chargeback Cost Wizard
Workplace Services / Hoteling / Management Reports

The update area totals action runs these calculations. Note: This is for non-workspace transactions instances of Archibus

Name	Definition	Result Tables and Columns	Calc Tables and Columns	Filter Tables and Columns
Total Room Area	Sum of room areas.	fl.area_rm, bl.area_rm, site.area_rm	sum(rm.area)	rmcat.used_in_calcs IN ('all_totals')
Total Group Area	Sum of group areas.	fl.area_gp, bl.area_gp, site.area_gp	sum(gp.area)
Total Area	Total Room Area + Total Group Area		sum(rm.area) + sum(gp.area)
Total Vertical Penetration Area	Sum of room areas assigned to rmcat.supercat of VERT	fl.area_vert_pen, bl.area_vert_pen, site.area_vert_pen	sum(rm.area)	rmcat.supercat = VERT
Rentable Area	Internal Gross Area - Tot Vert Pen Area	fl.area_rentable, bl.area_rentable, site.area_rentable	area_gross_int - area_vert_pen
Total Service Area	Sum of room areas assigned to rmcat.supercat of SERV	fl.area_serv, bl.area_serv, site.area_serv	sum(rm.area)	rmcat.supercat = SERV
Usable Area	Rentable Area - Total Service Area	fl.area_usable, bl.area_usable, site.area_usable	area_rentable - area_serv
R/U Ratio	Rentable Area / Usable Area	fl.ratio_ru, bl.ratio_ru, site.ratio_ru	area_rentable / area_usable
Efficiency Rate (U/R)	Usable Area / Rentable Area	fl.ratio_ur, bl.ratio_ur, site.ratio_ur	area_usable / area_rentable
Total Non-occupiable Area	Sum of room areas assigned to rmcat with occupiable = 0 and used_in_calcs IN ('all_totals')	fl.area_nocup, bl.area_nocup, site.area_nocup	sum(rm.area)	rmcat.occupiable = 0 AND rmcat.used_in_calcs IN ('all_totals')
Total Non-occupiable Dept	Sum of room areas assigned to departments with occupiable = 0 and used_in_calcs IN ('all_totals')	fl.area_nocup_dp, bl.area_nocup_dp, site.area_nocup.dp	sum(rm.area)	rm.dp_id is not null AND rmcat.occupiable = 0 AND rmcat.used_in_calcs IN ('all_totals')
Total Non-occupiable Common	Sum of room areas with prorate <> NONE and occupiable = 0 and used_in_calcs IN ('all_totals')	fl.area_nocup_comn, bl.area_nocup_comn, site.area_nocup_comn	sum(rm.area)	rm.prorate <> NONE AND rmcat.occupiable = 0 AND rmcat.used_in_calcs IN ('all_totals')
Total Occupiable Area	Sum of room areas assigned to rmcat with occupiable = 1 and used_in_calcs IN ('all_totals')	fl.area_ocup, bl.area_ocup, site.area_ocup	sum(rm.area)	rmcat.occupiable = 1 AND rmcat.used_in_calcs IN ('all_totals')
Total Occupiable Dept	Sum of room areas assigned to departments with occupiable = 1 and used_in_calcs IN ('all_totals')	fl.area_ocup_dp, bl.area_ocup_dp, site.area_ocup_dp	sum(rm.area)	rm.dp_id is not null AND rmcat.occupiable = 1 AND rmcat.used_in_calcs IN ('all_totals')
Total Occupiable Common	Sum of room areas with prorate <> NONE and occupiable = 1 and used_in_calcs IN ('all_totals')	fl.area_ocup_comn, bl.area_ocup_comn, site.area_ocup_comn	sum(rm.area)	rm.prorate <> NONE AND rmcat.occupiable = 1 AND rmcat.used_in_calcs IN ('all_totals')
Total Room Department Area	Sum of room area assigned to divisions and departments	fl.area_rm_dp, bl.area_rm_dp, site.area_rm_dp	sum(rm.area)	rm.dp_id is not null AND rmcat.used_in_calcs IN ('all_totals')
Total Group Department Area	Sum of group area assigned to divisions and departments	fl.area_gp_dp, bl.area_gp_dp, site.area_gp_dp	sum(gp.area)	gp.dp_id is not null
Total Room Common	Sum of room areas with prorate <> NONE	fl.area_rm_comn, bl.area_rm_comn, site.area_rm_comn	sum(rm.area)	rm.prorate <> NONE AND rmcat.used_in_calcs IN ('all_totals')
Total Group Common	Sum of group areas with prorate <> NONE	fl.area_gp_comn, bl.area_gp_comn, site.area_gp_comn	sum(gp.area)	gp.prorate <> NONE
Remaining Area	Internal Gross Area - Total Area	fl.area_remain, bl.area_remain	area_gross_int - (area_rm + area_gp)
Total Room Area, dv and dp	Sum of room areas assigned to department and division	dp.area_rm, dv.area_rm	sum(rm.area) by rm.dv_id or rm.dp_id	rmcat.used_in_calcs IN ('all_totals')
Total Group Area, dv and dp	Sum of group areas assigned to department and division	dp.area_gp, dv.area_gp	sum(gp.area) by gp.dv_id or gp.dp_id
Total Occupiable Area, dv and dp	Sum of room areas assigned to rmcat with occupiable = 1 and used_in_calcs IN ('all_totals')	dp.area_ocup, dv.area_ocup	sum(rm.area) by rm.dv_id or rm.dp_id	rmcat.occupiable = 1 AND rmcat.used_in_calcs IN ('all_totals')
Total Non-occupiable, dv and dp	Sum of room areas assigned to rmcat with occupiable = 0 and used_in_calcs IN ('all_totals')	dp.area_nocup, dv.area_nocup	sum(rm.area) by rm.dv_id or rm.dp_id	rmcat.occupiable = 0 AND rmcat.used_in_calcs IN ('all_totals')
Total Area, type, cat, and std	Sum of room areas assigned to category, type, or standard	rmcat.area, rmtype.area, rmstd.area	sum(rm.area) by rm.rm_cat, rm.rm_type, or rm.rm_std
Total Count, type, cat, and std	Count of room assigned to category, type, or standard	rmcat.tot_count, rmtype.tot_count, rmstd.tot_count	count(rm) by rm.rm_cat, rm.rm_type, or rm.rm_std
Average Area, type, cat, and std	Total Area / Total Count	rmcat.area_avg, rmtype.area_avg, rmstd.area_avg	area / tot_count

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