Multi-Measures

A multi-measure column is a column that has multiple measure aggregations assigned to it. This allows you to look at a measure column from several vantage points. For instance, you may have a numeric 'Sales' column that you want to aggregate not only sum, but also by average, count, minimum, and maximum.

Pyramid uses heuristics to detect measure columns and assigns them to the Sum measure aggregation type by default. Via the Measure Editor, or via the Columns panel, you can assign multiple measure aggregations to a single measure column to produce a multi-measure column.

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Configure Multi-Measures

Multi-measures can be configured from both the Tables panel and the Columns panel. To assign multi-measures to a column from the Tables panel, left click on the column to open its Properties panel.

Add the required measures from the Measure Editor. Each measure configured here will have a measure output in the data model when it's processed; it is good practice to rename each measure to avoid having multiple measures with identical names. In this example, each measure was named according to the column and the aggregation type.

Multi-Measure Outputs

When the model is processed, multi-measure columns produce multiple distinct measures that are organized into the given measure folder. In the example below, we see 5 different measures for Expenses (red highlight below):