Evaluation Method for Limiting Contents of the Export

The Depth, Per Type Count, and Overall Count values interact to limit the contents of the export. The method of evaluation favors concepts at higher levels (in the related concept hierarchy) over those at lower levels.

The method of evaluation is as follows:

For all parent level concepts returned by the query, limit the instances of each concept type by the per type count.

  1. Compare the total with the Overall Count value.
  2. If the Overall Count value is reached, stop.
  3. If the Overall Count value is not reached, then continue to step 2.

    For the next (child) level in the concept hierarchy, as permitted by the depth setting, limit the instances of each concept type by the Per Type Count.

  4. Compare the total for this level with the remaining Overall Count value.
  5. If the Overall Count value is reached, stop.
  6. If the Overall Count value is not reached, and there are more concept instance to evaluate, repeat step 2 for the next level.