Occam's Razor

JANUARY 12, 2015

A very special type of metric is designated to be a Key Performance Indicator (KPI). A KPI is a metric that helps you understand how you are doing against your objectives. This implies you cannot have a KPI identified unless you know what your objectives are. It will never be a KPI. You need to slice!

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Analytics Slice and Dice KPI Metrics 150

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 19, 2023

What-if parameters also create calculated measures you can reference elsewhere. Integrate with Office If your users prefer to slice and dice with Pivot tables, Power BI data can also be used in Excel. Use a rotating tile or a Power KPI custom visualization to combine multiple report types on a single tile.

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Slice and Dice Scorecard Metrics Visualization 124

Occam's Razor

APRIL 19, 2010

"What is the difference between a metric and a key performance indicator (KPI)?" The post will end with a Web Analytics Measurement Framework. Point of confusion: People, like me, often also use the term Desirable Outcomes to refer to business objectives. My web analytics KPI is: Average Order Size. See below.].

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Metrics Key Performance Indicator KPI Business Objectives 138