Measures

Use measures to create queries and knowledge objects.

Take a few minutes to review the measures available in Scuba. You will be working with them when you create queries. Scuba 4 includes the following default measures:

Measure	Used in	Description	Notes
Count Events	Explorer Properties Flows	A simple count of events matching the query.	See Show a count of events or Show a count of actors.
Count Unique	Explorer Properties Flows	A count of unique values within a column matching the query. This measure is valid for numeric and string data.
Sum	Explorer Properties Flows	The sum of the numeric values of all results returned for a query.	Does not work with string columns When used with flow properties, Scuba sums per flow for flow IDs within the query's event filters.
Average	Explorer Properties Flows	The average (mean) value of a given parameter over the specified time period.	Does not work with string columns When used with flow properties, Scuba averages per flow for flow IDs within the query's event filters.
Minimum	Explorer Properties Flows	The lowest value that matched the query at any time over the specified time period.	Does not work with string columns
Maximum	Explorer Properties Flows	The highest value that matched the query at any time over the specified time period.	Does not work with string columns
Percentile	Explorer Properties Flows	The value at the selected percentile for a given parameter over the specified time period.	Does not work with string columns
First, Last	Explorer Properties Flows	The First and Last measures return the value of a given column with the smallest (First) or largest (Last) event timestamp.
Every	Properties	Create an actor or flow property that contains a list of values in a given column.	See Compare actor or flow properties on the fly with sets.

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