Measures and Dimensions panel

The Measures and Dimensions panel is located to the left of the Chart Canvas. It lists the measures, dimensions, hierarchies, and inferred dimensions in a dataset.

Table 1: Objects on the Measures and Dimensions panel

Object

Description

Measures

A map to aggregated data in a column or calculation. You use measures to get a calculated result when columns are combined. For example, a measure called Sales Revenue would represent the column Sales Revenue that contains the summed revenue for sales. Measures are automatically detected and listed.

Dimensions

A data object that represents categorical data in a dataset.

Hierarchies

A reference to more than one related column in a dataset; the columns have hierarchical relationships. For example, an object Time could include Year, Quarter, and Month columns arranged in a hierarchical structure under the top object Time.

Attributes

Maps to a column in a dataset.

Inferred dimensions

One or more columns created from geography or time data that is available to the application (to support a hierarchy).