Creating Metrics
To create a new metric for an existing measure:
For more information on the fields referenced below, see Data Attributes of Measures and Metrics.
- Select Performance Designer and click the Measure Designer icon (designated by three parallel lines) in the left panel.
- Optional: Use the filtering tools to narrow the list of displayed measures.
- Click the blue Metrics icon for the measure want to use.
- In the Manage Metrics window, click New.
- Select a Metric Type from the drop-down list. If you select Calculation, skip the next two steps.
- Select a Period Key from the drop-down list.
- Select a Frequency from the drop-down list. If you selected Reference for Metric Type, skip the next two steps.
- Enter a value for Period SQL.
- Enter a value for Metric SQL if applicable.
- Optional: Select the checkbox for Display Trend if you plan to use trending with the metric.
- Configure the active period for the metric by using the date selectors in the Active From and Active To fields.
- Click Save Metric.
- If you are ready to activate the metric, click Publish Metric. Metrics are not considered active until they have been published. You can optionally return to this task to publish a metric saved previously.