An Overview of Calculations
You can create and modify custom calculations to use with your datasets when building visualizations in a workbook.
You can create calculations using measure data elements and the available
functions.When you create calculations, they're stored in the
My Calculations area of the Data
Panel, where you can reuse them in any canvas and visualization in
the workbook. For example, if you have data elements for
height and width, you
might calculate area by multiplying height by width
(that is, height * width). You can reuse the
area calculation in other visualizations in
the workbook.
- In the workbook editor, review existing calculations in the My Calculations area, and select a calculation to display its attributes in the Data Panel.
- To add a calculation to a visualization, drag it from the My Calculations area to the visualization or Grammar Panel.
- Right-click a calculation to its editing options. For example, you might add it to the selected visualization, use it to filter your data, or let Oracle Analytics choose the best visualization type for you (that is, Create Best Visualization).
- To calculate a new value to use in your workbook, click Add, then Calculation to display the New Calculation dialog, where you can specify the details (for example,
height * width). The new calculation is added to the My Calculations area.
