This will reveal a drop-down including all available dimensions of the first metric included in the list. To segment your metrics by a data dimension, click the Group by menu at the top left of the chart. Step 5: Group by / Segmenting the Analysis In that case, you should make your Time Period from January 1st to March 31st. When setting a specific date range for the time period, make sure the start date is at the beginning of the interval and the end date is at the end of your interval.įor example, setting a time period from January 1st to March 1st and choosing a monthly interval will show March as a datapoint, but ignore every day in March except March 1st. Use the menus in the top right corner of the chart to set the time period and interval. You can also choose time intervals to segment the data for example, by year, quarter, month, etc. To zero in on a particular stretch of time, you can set the time period for the analysis. Step 4: Setting the Time Period and Interval of Analysis In this case, we’d divide the Revenue metric by the Number of orders metric. Let’s say we wanted to create a report that shows us the average revenue per order. Basic mathematical operators are used to manipulate the different metrics. In the formula editor, any of the metrics included in the report can be used as inputs. Step 3: Adding Formulasįormulas are added to reports by clicking the Add Formula button, located just above the list of metrics in the report. You can add additional metrics after the initial metric is selected and overlay all the metrics on a single report or perform multi-metric calculations by adding formulas. While the metrics are listed alphabetically by default, you can also group them by the table that powers the metric.
The first step in creating an analysis is selecting the metric to analyze. To edit a report created in the Visual Report Builder, click the gear (Options) icon in the top right corner of any chart, then click Edit. When the Report Builder selection page displays, click the Visual Report Builder option.
To get started creating a new report, click Report Builder on the sidebar or the Add Report button at the top of any dashboard. To add a report to a dashboard, you need Standard user permissions and Edit access to the dashboard. This tutorial walks you through the process of creating a basic report.
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