Add Window For Regular Measure Items

If you are adding a new measure item by copying an existing one, you will see this Add window populated with properties of the item you’re copying. You can adjust those properties to finish setting up the new measure item. If you are adding new measure items from scratch, see the next image in this topic and the descriptions that follow that image.

Note: If you click Exit in the Add window shown above, you will be asked to confirm that you want to discard the new measure item that you had started to add. No new measure item will be added if you choose Yes in that prompt.

Here’s the Add Measure Item window, which is used when setting up measure items from scratch.

Search section - Use the Search For field and values in the Search By drop-down list to narrow down the measures displayed in the window. Search using one or more criteria separated by semicolons (;) and by the category or measure. Additional search specifications can be associated with the search, for example, Contains, Greater Than, or Not Equal To.

Measure section - Select one or more measures to serve as the basis for the measure items that you are inserting. You can use Ctrl+Click and Shift+Click to select more than one measure. Measures are listed by their category, and the section can be sorted. If a search has been executed, the section is refreshed to display search results. The remainder of the window will be populated with information based on the measures you select.

Time Properties - Use the time properties to define time ranges for the measure item(s) that you are setting up. The properties only display if the view you're working with has its main Time Range property set to Yes.

  • Time Unit - Select the unit of time for the measure item(s). For example, weeks, months, or quarters.

  • From Year / Period / Offset - Use to determine the starting point for the measure item’s time range. You can use all absolute, all based, or a combination of absolute and based time properties to define the point in time. Optionally use the Offset property in combination with the year and period to further customize the time range. The property defaults to 0. You can enter a positive offset or negative offset value such as 1 or -1 to define how many period(s) to move forward or backward from the designated year / period.

  • To Year / Period / Offset - Use to determine the ending point for the measure item’s time range. The To properties behave in the same manner as the From properties described above.

OK / Add / Exit - OK inserts the measure item(s) and closes the window. Add inserts the item(s) and leaves the window open so you can insert more measure items. Exit closes the window without inserting any items.