Self-service analysis & shared metrics — found from sitemap — Metabase

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• Measures definition Report an error

  “Measures are saved aggregations associated with a table. You can use measures to create an official definition of a calculation—like Net Promoter Score—so everyone in your Metabase uses the same formula instead of writing their own versions.”

• Measures query builder visibility Report an error

  “People will see measures as options in the Summarize block of the query builder.”

• Measures any table Report an error

  “You can define measures on any table. Measures on published tables are part of your semantic layer.”

• Measures created in data studio Report an error

  “Measures are created in Data Studio.”

• Measures custom expressions Report an error

  “Add your aggregation formula. For more complex aggregations, check out custom expressions.”

• Measures preview Report an error

  “To preview the results of the measure, click on the three dots icon next to the measure’s name and select Preview.”

• Measures breakouts Report an error

  “The measure’s saved aggregation will be applied behind the scenes. You can use breakouts with a saved measure.”

• Measures join limitation Report an error

  “Measures are only available to questions that directly query the measure’s table. Measures aren’t available for questions that join the measure’s table, or that involve nested queries (even if those queries measure’s table as a source themselves).”

• Measures delete safe Report an error

  “Deleting a measure won’t break questions using it. The questions that use the deleted measure will “revert” to using the measure’s (now unnamed) aggregation formula.”

• Measures metrics explorer Report an error

  “You can explore measures along dimensions and compare several measures in the Metrics Explorer.”

• Measures permissions Report an error

  “Be admins or members of the Data Analysts group. This is needed to access Data Studio.”

• Measures use permissions Report an error

  “To use a measure, people need to: Have Create queries permissions on the measure’s table.”

• Measures git sync Report an error

  “Only measures on published tables are synced to Git”

• Measures query builder only Report an error

  “Measures are only available for use in the query builder. For defining reusable bits of SQL, check out Snippets.”

• Measures permission granularity Report an error

  “There aren’t additional controls to restrict who can create measures beyond special groups and data permissions.”

• Measures remote sync readonly Report an error

  “If your instance is in read-only remote sync mode, you will not be able to create measures on tables published in the Library while in read-only mode.”

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