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Create a Metric View

When you create a Metric View, you select measures and dimensions associated with a cube. The corresponding graph appears in the Result workspace of the page.

Before You Begin

• To create a Metric view, a user must first have at least View permission on the Cube.

Steps

1. Access the Metrics and Scorecards page.

2. In the Metric View list, select .

   The design page for the Metric View appears.

3. In the left pane, provide the following values:

   1. In the Cube drop-down list box, select the cube for which you want to create a Metric View.

      Note: The Cube drop-down list box contains the cubes to which you have permission to access.

   2. In the Data/Measures section, select .

      The Add to Measures window appears.

   3. Select the check box next to each measure that you want to add to the Metric View, and then select OK.

      The Add to Measures window closes and the graph for selected measures appears in the Result section.

   4. In the Rows/X-axis section, select .

      The Add to Rows window appears.

   5. Select the check box next to the dimension members to add to the X-axis, and then select OK.

      The selected dimension members appear in the Rows/X-axis section.

   6. In the Columns/Legends section, select .

      The Add to Columns window appears.

   7. Select dimension members that you want to add to the columns, and then select OK.

      The selected dimension member appears in the Column/Legend section.

   8. In the Slices section, select .

      The Add to Slicer window appears.

   9. Select the desired dimension members, and then select OK.

      The Add to Slicer window closes and the results appear in the Result section of the workspace.

      Note: You cannot add the same members from a dimension hierarchy that exist in the Rows/X-axis or Slices axes to the Columns/Legend axis and vice versa.

4. In the upper-right corner of the workspace, select .
   
   The Save Metric View : Select a folder window appears.

5. In the Catalog, navigate to the folder in which you want to save the Metric View, and then select Done.

   The Save Metric View window appears.

6. Provide the following values:
   1. ID: Enter an ID for the Metric View.
   2. Caption: Enter a caption for the Metric View.
   3. Description: Enter a description of the Metric View.

5. Select OK.
   
   The Metric View is created and saved in the selected Catalog folder.

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