Measures, Metrics, Entities, Dimensions

The four primitives every metrics store is built on, made precise. Why a measure is not a metric, how entities are the join graph you already have, the ratio-metric order-of-aggregation trap, cumulative metrics and the time spine, and the metric DAG you never drew.

The four primitives every metrics store is built on, made precise. Why a measure is not a metric, how entities are the join graph you already have, the ratio-metric order-of-aggregation trap, cumulative metrics and the time spine, and the metric DAG you never drew.

Intermediate9 chapters· 1h 53m· in Semantic & Metrics Layer

Course content

  1. 01The Four PrimitivesFree
  2. 02Entities: The Join Graph You Didn't Know You Had🔒
  3. 03Dimensions: The Filter and Group-By Axis🔒
  4. 04Simple Metrics🔒
  5. 05Ratio Metrics and Their Order-of-Aggregation Trap🔒
  6. 06Cumulative Metrics and the Time Spine🔒
  7. 07Derived Metrics🔒
  8. 08Conversion Metrics🔒
  9. 09Metric Dependencies and the DAG You Didn't Draw🔒

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