Views

Views are a collection of fields (measures and dimensions) along with metadata, providing a flexible and efficient way to organize and manage your data.

Views can be initialized quickly from database tables or canvas cells. Each view is stored in a separate YAML file, ensuring clarity and ease of customization.

View YAML schema

Views and datasets are build on YAML files. The schema for view definitions is displayed next to the YAML editor in Count. Here is an example of the YAML schema.

See the subpage on Customizing views to learn more.

Building Views

There are two ways to create Views in Count Metrics:

1. From database tables – The fastest and most straightforward method, ideal for well-structured datasets.

2. From canvas cells – A flexible option that allows for multi-database joins and pre-processing within Count.