Problem when using expressions to calculate the number of occupants automatically

[Achille Pavlidis]

Hi,

I;m struggling with the following: I use follow the directions of this page: https://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/knowledgebase/86867/ to calculate the number of occupants. The problem I face is when I have a parameter of occupancy that is not an integer, like say 2.6 or 3.2 those number get rounded up resulting in erroneous results. The expression used is
STRTONUM ( SPLITRIGHT ( {Property:ZONES/Occupancy type}, "| ", 2 ) )

Why is this happening? Does the roundup function in the Occupants affect also the Occupant load value?

[runxel · Accepted solution]

Be sure that the "occupants load" number is a real, natural number (float), and not an integer; this is to be set in the property's value type.
Then everything should work fine.

I am not aware what the decimal seperator in Greece is. In Germany it's the comma.
You'll need to have the number in "occupancy type" be in the same format as per your PC's settings.

Lastly I would rather "ROUNDDOWN" than up... since rounding up makes no sense – if there is not enough space left you can't cram more people in, right?!

[Achille Pavlidis]

Thanks @runxel.

Actually I used "ROUNDUP" because I'm calculating the maximum number of people that can fit in a given space, according to the fire standards