Creating a Measure

When creating a plan in the Extended Planning and Analysis application, measures are used to organize categorical data. These measures provide quantitative information about the plan, including Number of Hours, Amount, Dual Value, etc. It is important to create all necessary measures before creating a plan, as each plan can be structured using anywhere from one to six measures.

In Planning, you can create a new plan using measures already in the application or use Analytics data by selecting the corresponding measures in the data source.

When creating a plan from a blank template, the measure used does not need to be mapped to a data source. However, the measure used must be mapped to a data source if the plan is created from Analytics data via a data source. For more information, see Mapping Measures to Data Source.

To create a measure:

1. On the Measures tab, click New. The New Measure window opens.
2. Complete the required field. For more information, see Measure Fields.
3. Click Save.

To edit the existing measure, click | Edit. To delete the current tag, click | Delete. Once a measure has been used in a plan, you cannot remove it.