Platform › Analytics
Metrics
One number, defined once, so the same question gets the same answer everywhere. Whether higher is better decides whether the target is met.
Where to find it
Address in the console: /platform/metrics
List · 7 columns · 11 fields on its form · 3 of them required · 1 action
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Metric | Code | code |
| Name | Text | name |
| Dataset | Code | dataset_code |
| Unit | Text | unit |
| Target | Number | target_value |
| Higher better | Yes or no | higher_is_better |
| Active | Yes or no | is_active |
The form
What is asked for when a record is created here. Required fields are marked; a choice drawn from a configuration list is one an administrator can extend without a release.
| Field | Type | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metric code required | Text | ||
| Name required | Text | ||
| What it measures | Long text | ||
| Dataset | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Definition (SELECT one value) required | Long text | ||
| Unit | Choice | Configuration list | |
| Decimals | Number | ||
| Higher is better | Yes or no | ||
| Target | Number | ||
| Owner | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Active | Yes or no |
What you can do here
Value primary
Current value
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.
- Creating a record — required fields, where choices come from, and how the number is allocated.
- Importing a spreadsheet — this screen accepts one, and it runs through the same rules as typing.