Aggregate Functions

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Aggregate Functions

The Dashboard Designer allows you to perform aggregations when constructing a calculated field expression. This allows you to evaluate calculated fields on a summary level.

In the Dashboard Designer, you can use the following set of predefined aggregate functions.

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Function

Description

Aggr(SummaryExpression, Dimensions)

Aggregates underlying data using the detail level specified by a predefined set of dimensions and a specified summary function.

Avg(Value)

Returns the average of all the values in the expression.

Count()

Returns the number of values.

CountDistinct(Value)

Returns the number of distinct values.

Max(Value)

Returns the maximum value across all records.

Min(Value)

Returns the minimum value across all records.

Median(Value)

Returns the median of the values.

Sum(Value)

Returns the sum of all values.

Var(Value)

Returns an estimate of the variance of a population where the sample is a subset of the entire population.

Varp(Value)

Returns the variance of a population where the population is the entire data to be summarized.

StdDev(Value)

Returns an estimate of the standard deviation of a population where the sample is a subset of the entire population.

StdDevp(Value)

Returns the standard deviation of a population where the population is the entire data to be summarized.

These functions can be used for all types of numeric fields.