Dynamically Add a Time Calculation

You can add one or more time calculations to your chart without using the calculation editor.

Prerequisites

Your chart must contain a date dimension with the appropriate level of granularity. For example, if you want to see quarter over quarter results, the date dimension must include quarterly or even monthly results.

Context

You can add a time calculation to a chart to show year over year changes in quantity sold.

Procedure

  1. Add a measure and a date dimension to your chart.
  2. In the Builder, find the measure that you added.
  3. Select Start of the navigation path More Next navigation step Add Time CalculationEnd of the navigation path, and then select a time period.

Results

A new measure is created. The chart now includes a bar for the time calculation.