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Once a Counter's Value has been evaluated, it can be adjusted up to four different ways - a multiplication of a constant or tag, a combination with another counter, an addition of a constant or tag, and/or a second combination with another counter.

The Counter will first calculate its primary Value.  After calculation, depending on the Counter's settings, that value will be adjusted.

The first adjustment is to multiply the counter by a constant value or by a tag.  This adjustment is not optional and will always be performed.  If you do not wish to change the value, keep the default constant multiplier of "1".  Any tag specified must evaluate to a number.  Please note that many of the tags that are available to the general website are not available under Housekeeping.  If a tag is not available or does not evaluate to a number, then the value of 0 will be substituted and the entire counter will evaluate to 0 as a result.  

Next, the result from the previous operation will be optionally combined, using the operator specified, with the value of another Counter (as specified).

Next, the result from the previous operation will have a constant value, or a tag, added to it.  This adjustment is not optional and will always be performed.  If you do not wish to change the value, keep the default constant adder of "0".  The same caution applies about tags, although if the tag evaluates to 0, it will not adversely affect the value of the counter (since adding 0 will not change the value).

Finally, the result from the previous operation will be optionally combined, using the operator specified, with the value of another Counter (as specified).