Recalculating a metric does the following:
Note: A Metric item will only be updated if any of the values in the metric changed.
There are five ways for you to recalculate metrics:
Click Items | Update Project Metrics.
Click OK.
Note: To speed up the Manual Recalculate process, you can add the below as a Quick Launch link to the Recalculate Project Metrics page.
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See the How can I edit the quick launch? help article for assistance on making this change.
Note: Although not often necessary, if you need to change the order in which metrics get recalculated, you can do so using the Metric recalculation order setting in List | List Settings. This allows for metrics that depend on other metrics to be put in a sequence so they pick up the correct values. Newly added metrics will be added to the bottom of the order by default.