Metric calculation in documents

Before you begin

The topics listed below assume that you understand the levels of metric calculation on a report. For background information, see About metrics. It also assumes that you are familiar with the different document sections. For descriptions of the document sections, see Understanding and working with document sections.

A metric is calculated differently depending on its location in a document. This is true whether the metric comes directly from a dataset report or is created in the document. The following sections describe metric calculation in the various document sections:

• Calculating metrics at the dataset level: Detail section

• Calculating metrics at the group level: Group Headers and Group Footers

• Calculating grand totals for metrics: header and footer sections

• Calculating metrics at the level of a Grid/Graph

• Calculating metrics at the level of a Grid/Graph and a group: Group Headers and Group Footers

• Dynamic aggregation in documents

For descriptions of metrics created in the document, and procedures to create them, see Creating metrics in documents.

Related Topics

• Working with metrics in documents