Data Hub analytics glossary
Term | Definition | Data Hub vs Industry Term | Link |
Analysis | A core resource that allows you to use your data and create anything from a simple table to complex multiple-page reports. | ||
Drill Down | Drilling down is like “walking through different levels of a hierarchy, from the top down”. For hierarchical data where values are grouped into levels, drilling down moves from one level down to the next. Commonly seen hierarchies may be: Date based data – Year, quarter, month and day Geographical data – Country, State, Postal code, City | ||
Drill Up | Drill up is like “walking through different levels of a hierarchy, from the bottom up”. It is often used to “undo” a drill down function | ||
Drill Through | Drill through can be thought of as navigating to related data. It allows users to explore data by taking them to another/different related report | ||
Filter | From Old help: An arrangement of data consisting of sets and subsets where every subset is of lower rank than the set. | ||
Function | From Old help: A named calculation that takes an input (optionally), does something, and returns a result. Example, Now() is a standard coding function that returns the current date & time. | ||
Slicer | From old help: A filter for the data than end-user can affect in the interface, as for example with a drop-down of values. See Filter. |