The previous post explained what Thin reports are, why we should care and how we can create them. This post focuses on a more specific topic, Report Level Measures. We discuss what report-level measures are, when and why we need them and how we create them.
If you are not sure what Thin Report means, I suggest you check out my previous blog post before reading this one.
What are report level measures?
Report level measures are the measures created by the report writers within a Thin Report. Hence, the report level measures are available within the hosting Thin Report only which means the report level measures are not written back to the underlying dataset and hence they are not available to any other reports.
Why and when do we need report level measures?
It is a common situation in real-world scenarios when the business requires a report urgently, but