Aggregations

The Dashboard Builder allows you to prepare underlying data using additional aggregation levels when creating calculated fields. This topic shows how to evaluate calculated fields on a visualization (summary) and intermediate levels.

Summary Level Aggregations

To compute values of the calculated field on a visualization (or summary) level, you can use a set of predefined aggregate functions. In the Expression Editor, these functions are available within the Functions | Aggregate.

Function Description
Aggr(SummaryExpression, Dimensions) Aggregates underlying data using the detail level specified by a predefined set of dimensions and a specified summary function.
Avg(Value) Returns the average of all the values in the expression.
Count() Returns the number of values.
CountDistinct(Value) Returns the number of distinct values.
Max(Value) Returns the maximum value across all records.
Min(Value) Returns the minimum value across all records.
Median(Value) Returns the median of the values.
Sum(Value) Returns the sum of all values.
Var(Value) Returns an estimate of the variance of a population where the sample is a subset of the entire population.
Varp(Value) Returns the variance of a population where the population is the entire data to be summarized.
StdDev(Value) Returns an estimate of the standard deviation of a population, where the sample is a subset of the entire population.
StdDevp(Value) Returns the standard deviation of a population where the population is the entire data to be summarized.

These functions can be used for all types of numeric fields. After creating such calculated fields, you can use them as measures contained in an OLAP cube.

Intermediate Level Aggregations

The Dashboard Builder can aggregate and summarize data on different levels.