Business raw measures – Facts

MicroStrategy Facts are objects that represent a business measure stored in a database table. The following is a quick reference table for this MicroStrategy Object:

 These measures usually have the following characteristics:

  • They are numerical
  • They can be aggregated (summed up or operated in some way)

The Facts usually map directly to one or more columns in a Fact table. The Fact is defined with a MicroStrategy expression. An expression could be:

  • Base: an expression which is represented as a single table field
  • Derived: an expression in which two or more table fields are operated or a function is applied ...

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