Create a New Dimension
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You can create New Dimension from Existing Dimensions or by using Formulas when viewing metrics in Table.
In Data Hub, tab Data, click + New and choose New Dimension
Fill Dimension Name, select Source Dimensions (Data Columns), and write Description (optional).
You can choose to create a new dimension from one single column or from many different columns.
Input conditions for the new dimensions.
When you finish adding conditions, you can choose to click Create "Others" for all the rest and Save.
You can create a new dimension when breaking-down a metric from a table, at the searching bar for dimension name Search dimension or (type) = for formula.
Then formulate the conditions and Enter, a New Dimension with be created and automatically broken-down in the table.
This formulated dimesion will be saved as Draft in the working doc, and you can find it at the side bar. Dimension Name and Description will be automatically generated based on the formula.
This Draft status allows you to review and revise the dimension before saving and publishing it.
As it is still draft, you can change the formula by clicking at the dimension name.
You can Save the dimension or adjust it by clicking on the Edit icon. Once you save it, the dimension will appear in the Data list and it can be used in other docs, by you and by other team members.
You can choose not to save the dimension. The dimension will still stay in your doc and you can use it to breakdown other metrics in the doc.
Once you create dimensions from Source Dimensions or by saving it from Formulas, your dimensions will appear in the Data list, together with the related Table.
In the above example, the dimension is created when breaking-down metric Ordered Amount, which belongs to table Order Lines. So, the dimension will be located in the table Order Lines.
You can edit the dimension as other dimensions from data source in the table. Check how to edit a dimension in the link below:
Dimensions from Data Sources
