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+ | ::*MAX - A numeric value that represents the highest value in a series of values in the data set | ||
+ | ::*SUM - A numeric value that represents the sum of a series of values in the data set | ||
+ | ::*PERCENT - A percentage of items in a given data set that match a criteria from a larger subset. For example, the count of records where column X = 5 in a set of records in a given date range, returned as a percentage. | ||
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Revision as of 19:57, 27 January 2015
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Introduction
In order to provide strategic business intelligence through reporting one of the key requirements is to define measures that are sampled and stored periodically. Once these measures are stored over a period of time the type of reporting possible is expanded considerably and include things like trending, performance measurement against goals and thresholds, and predictions based on historical trends.
The creation of a Measure includes selecting the data that you which to sample, the frequency that the samples are taken, and the targets and goals that you which to achieve.
Output
The information provided by measures can be used to populate Dashboards. The output consists of numerical values that enable the population of:
- Scorecards
- Sparklines
- Actual vs Target
Features
- Basic Information
- Measure
- COUNT - An integer that represents a count of items in a result set that match a specific criteria
- AVERAGE - A numeric value that represents the average value in a series of values in the data set
- MIN - A numeric value that represents the lowest value in a series of values in the data set
- MAX - A numeric value that represents the highest value in a series of values in the data set
- SUM - A numeric value that represents the sum of a series of values in the data set
- PERCENT - A percentage of items in a given data set that match a criteria from a larger subset. For example, the count of records where column X = 5 in a set of records in a given date range, returned as a percentage.
- Targets & Goals
- Data Source