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Introduction to metrics

Metrics are Numerify360 for IT objects that represent business measures and key performance indicators. Metrics are calculations performed on your data. The results of these calculations appear on your dossier. Metrics are similar to formulas in spreadsheet software.

Metric calculations display information at simple as well as complex levels of analysis: displaying sales trends, growth patterns, percent-to-total contributions, profit analysis, etc. Questions such as "What were the sales for the Eastern Region during the fourth quarter?" and "How many employees received a bonus greater than $5000 in the last three years?" can easily be answered by metrics.

Numerify Web creates metrics when you import data. Metrics appear in the Datasets panel with a metric icon. You can also create new metrics, known as derived metrics, based on existing metrics.

Note: You can create a Profit derived metric from the values of existing metrics, such as Revenue - Cost.

Related Topics

Importing Data

Introduction to Derived Metrics

Introduction to Attributes, Metrics, and Groups

Creating a derived metric using the metric function editor

Creating a derived metric on a Grid using a shortcut

How to Create a Derived Metric by Combining Two Metrics with an Operator

How to Create a Derived Metric by Selecting the Aggregation Function

Creating a derived metric from an attribute

Creating a derived metric from scratch using the metric formula editor

Adding conditional calculations to a derived metric using the If and Case functions

Changing the aggregation and subtotal behavior for a derived metric

Editing derived metrics from the dossier

Renaming derived metrics from the dossier

Deleting derived metrics from the dossier

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