A derived metric is composed of an atomic metric, a period, and one or more modifiers. A derived metric reflects the status of a business activity within a specific period and a specific scope. For example, you can use a derived metric to measure the sales amount of last week for an enterprise in Shanghai. This topic describes how to create and manage a derived metric.
Prerequisites
- Atomic metrics are created to define criteria and computing logic for the statistical analysis of business activities. For more information about how to create an atomic metric, see Atomic metric.
- Modifiers are created to define scopes for the statistical analysis of business activities. For more information about how to create a modifier, see Modifier.
- Periods are created to define the periods of time for the statistical analysis of business activities. For more information about how to create a period, see Period.
- Dimension tables are created to define the statistical dimensions of business activities. For more information about how to create a dimension table, see Create a dimension table.
- Data domains are created to classify your business data by data domain to support the statistical analysis at the common layer. For more information about how to create a data domain, see Data domain.
- Business processes are created to associate derived metrics when you create the derived metrics at the common layer. A business process reflects the status of a business activity. For more information about how to create a business process, see Business process.
- Business categories are created to define the types of business activities for the statistical analysis at the application layer. For more information about how to create a business category, see Business category.
- Data marts or subject areas are created to associate derived metrics when you create the derived metrics at the application layer. A data mart or subject area reflects the status of a business activity. For more information about how to create a data mart and a subject area, see Data mart and Subject area.
Background information

- An atomic metric determines a criterion and a computing logic for the statistical analysis of a business activity. For example, you can use the total number of orders as an atomic metric.
- A modifier defines the scope of a business activity. For example, you can use online
fresh shops and offline fresh shops as modifiers.
Note A derived metric can contain one or more modifiers.
- A period defines the time range within which you want to collect statistical data. For example, you can use a calendar day as a period.
- A derived metric is composed of an atomic metric, a period, and one or more modifiers.
A derived metric is used to collect statistical data on the values of an atomic metric
within a specific period based on specific dimensions and business conditions. A derived
metric reflects the status of a business activity of an enterprise. For example, you
can create a derived metric to collect statistical data on
the total number of orders that are placed in online fresh shops on a calendar day
orthe total number of orders that are placed in online and offline fresh shops on a calendar day
.
Go to the Derived Metric page
Go to the Derived Metric page.
Create multiple derived metrics at the same time
- On the Derived Metric page, move the pointer over the
icon and select Multiple Derived Metrics.
- Create a metric model that is used to generate multiple derived metrics at the same
time.
- Generate derived metrics at the same time.
Create a single derived metric
Manage a derived metric
On the Derived Metric page, double-click the Derived Metric folder in the left-side navigation tree, or
click the
icon to view all derived metrics. You can also perform the following operations on
the derived metrics. 


- Edit a derived metric.
Find the derived metric that you want to edit and click Edit in the Actions column to go to the configuration tab of the derived metric. On the configuration tab, you can modify the information about the derived metric, such as Period, Modifier, and Business Process.Note If the derived metric is associated with an aggregate table, you cannot modify Period and the fields that are associated with the derived metric and used in the aggregate table. If you want to modify Period and the fields, you must disassociate the fields from the derived metric in the aggregate table first.
- Delete a derived metric.
Find the derived metric that you want to delete and click Delete in the Actions column.Note If an aggregate table is associated with the derived metric, you must disassociate the aggregate table from the derived metric before you can delete the derived metric.