Adding metrics to your semantic data model
Adding metrics or calculations to your business events allows the business to start seeing what information will be available within the semantic data model.
Getting ready
Identify all the attributes within your reports that are embedded in business rules, calculations, or those belonging to the business events within your semantic data model.
How to do it...
Metrics in an organization can be defined in many different ways. Traditionally, these are thought of as Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). KPIs are normally very high-level metrics with distinct meanings which are derived from multiple metrics. It is important to understand the metrics which make up these KPIs, and record them within your semantic model. The KPIs should be driven from your business rules as defined in the Defining the business rules recipe of this chapter.
Metrics can be additive (used in a calculation) or non-additive (textual or statistical), for example, Total Invoice Amount...
