What is a Measured Quantity?

A Measured Quantity is a defined variable used in the Seer Data Platform to describe what is being measured in a dataset. It provides clear meaning to numerical values by specifying the unit, context, and type of measurement being recorded.

Measured Quantities describe things such as counts, percentages, rates, or amounts — for example, number of people, percent of active participants, or number of services delivered.

Aggregate data

You can set the Measured Quantity categories for aggregate data when you create a data table.

This article explains what a schema is and examples of how to set the Measured Quantity categories.

Data uploaded via .csv or Excel file

When you are uploading your data via the Self-service Data Collection feature, your measured quantities will automatically include a count of records. If you set the data type of a column to number, you will also have the option to include additional aggregations such as sum, min and max to your dataset.

Learn more about categorising the data type for each column in this article.