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title: "Equipment Additional Factors"
id: "equipment-additional-factors"
project: "MES User Manual"
url: "https://docs.sepasoft.com/articles/user-manual/equipment-additional-factors"
updated: 2026-07-31T14:55:39Z
---

# Equipment Additional Factors

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### Equipment Additional Factors 

* [TimeStamp](/articles/user-manual/equipment-additional-factors/a/h4_1833694286)
* [Min](/articles/user-manual/equipment-additional-factors/a/h4_339800066)
* [Max](/articles/user-manual/equipment-additional-factors/a/h4_696030436)
* [Median](/articles/user-manual/equipment-additional-factors/a/h4__1945035440)
* [Mean](/articles/user-manual/equipment-additional-factors/a/h4__1677774289)
* [Standard Deviation](/articles/user-manual/equipment-additional-factors/a/h4_1667270012)
* [TimeStamp](/articles/user-manual/equipment-additional-factors/a/h4__395558481)

| Data Point | Data Type | Description | Units |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| &lt;*additional\_factor\_name*&gt;.TimeStamp<br><br><br>TimeStamp | String | When a string data type tag is used to create a new, user-defined Additional Factor, one additional data point will automatically be created and maintained for each:<br><ul><li><strong>TimeStamp&#160;</strong>– The DateTime that this Additional Factor value was last updated (see image below).</li></ul> | N/A |
| &lt;*additional\_factor\_name*&gt;.Min<br>&lt;*additional\_factor\_name*&gt;.Max<br>&lt;*additional\_factor\_name*&gt;.Median<br>&lt;*additional\_factor\_name*&gt;.Mean<br>&lt;*additional\_factor\_name*&gt;.Standard Deviation<br>&lt;*additional\_factor\_name*&gt;.TimeStamp<br><br><br>Min<br><br>Max<br><br>Median <br><br>Mean <br><br>Standard Deviation<br><br>TimeStamp | Int1, Int2, Int4, Int8, Float4, Float8 | When tags of the numeric data types listed to the left are used to create a new, user-defined Additional Factor, six additional data points will automatically be created and maintained for each (calculations are performed using all of the resulting values from that analysis run):<br><ul><li><strong>Min</strong>&#160;– The lowest value among the results.</li><li><strong>Max</strong>&#160;–&#160;The highest value among the results.</li><li><strong>Median&#160;</strong>–&#160;The sum of all the resulting values&#160;divided by the number of results.</li><li><strong>Mean&#160;</strong>– The value where half of the remaining resulting values are larger and half are smaller. For even numbers of values, the mid-point between the mean two values is returned.</li><li><strong>Standard Deviation</strong>&#160;– (calculated as Sample Standard Deviation) The square root of the average of the squared individual differences of each resulting value from the calculated mean.</li><li><strong>TimeStamp&#160;</strong>– The DateTime that this Additional Factor value was last updated.</li></ul>![](/resources/Storage/user-manual/user-manual/analysis-data-points-and-settings/Additional%20Factors%20Data%20Points%20-%2075per.png) | N/A |

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