Event Dime

Lost with metrics

When:

July 22, 2026 · 7:29 AM

Where:

Metabase Discussion

Source:

Metabase Discussion

I will try and speak to your question: "Are Measures related to Metrics, or are they a completely different concept?" Measures are about defining a formula. Say I have a table 'Orders' with Order Amount and Discount fields, and our company defines Revenue as Sum([Order Amount]) - Sum([Discount]). To make sure that everyone calculates Revenue this way (as opposed to just summing Order Amount), I create a measure on this table using that formula. Now, whenever someone builds a question with the Or