Saturday, December 15, 2012

Level Based Measures


What are level based measures (metrics)?

Level-based metrics means, having a measure pinned at a certain level of the dimension. For Example, if you have a measure called “Dollars”, you can create a “Level Based Measure” called “Yearly Dollars” which  is Dollars for a Year. This measure will always return the value for the year even if you drill down to a lower level like quarter, month… etc. To create a level based measure, create a new logical column based on the original measure (like Dollars in the example above). Drag and drop the new logical column to the appropriate level in the Dimension hierarchy (in the above example you will drag and drop it to Year in Time Dim)
·       A LBM is a metric that is defined for a specific level or intersection of levels.
·      Monthly Total Sales or Quarterly Sales are the examples.
·      You can compare monthly sales with quarterly sales. You can compare customer orders this quarter to orders this year

2 comments:

  1. Hi There,


    Thanks for highlighting this and indicating about Oracle Business Intelligence where more study and thought is necessary.

    New-ish to Linux. I have a few questions but it's best if I dedicate each question to a single thread.
    What is the difference? Which is better: more stable, more supported, etc.?
    Excellent tutorials - very easy to understand with all the details. I hope you will continue to provide more such tutorials.


    Grazie,
    Abhiram

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