Glossary
Term | Definition |
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Measure | A numeric, quantitative field in your data. Measures in the sample dataset include Sales and Profit. |
Dimension | A categorical, qualitative field in your data. Dimensions in the sample dataset include Country and Product. |
Dimension instance | A specific instance of a dimension. For example, Germany is an instance of the Country dimension. |
Time dimension | A special type of dimension that contains date values. |
Non-time filter | Another name for a dimension instance. In Sales of Retine in 2019?, the non-time filter is Retine. |
Time filter | A filter that focuses your query on a particular time point or time interval. |
Time point | A specific day, month, quarter, or year. |
Time interval | An interval of time comprising two time points (e.g. "from May 2020 to June 2020"). |
Deictic time filter | A time filter given as a deictic word or expression. Examples include "yesterday" or "last year". |
Exclusion filter | A filter that excludes one or more dimension instances (e.g. Germany) from the query. |