- MBI User Guide Overview
- MBI Introduction
- Getting Started
- Administrator
- Analyze Data
- Data Analyst
- Data Warehouse Manager
- Introduction
- Advanced Calculated Column Types
- Building Google Ecommerce dimensions
- Calculated Column Types
- Configuring Replication Methods
- Configuring Data Rechecks
- Changing a metric’s operational table
- Creating and Using Data Warehouse Views
- Creating / Deleting paths for calculated columns
- Creating / Using a SQL Calculated Column
- Creating calculated columns
- Data and Updates Information
- Guest orders
- How Commerce Stores Data
- Entity Relationship Diagrams
- Managing data dimensions in metrics
- MongoDB data modeling guide
- Replicating Google Analytics channels
- Standardizing data with mapping tables
- Translating SQL queries into MBI reports
- Understanding and Evaluating Table Relationships
- Using the Date Difference Calculated
- Using Dashboard Wide Filtering
- Using the Event Number Calculated Column
- Using the Sequential Comparison Calculated Column
- Common Commerce Tables
- SQL Report Builder
- Using the Cohort Report Builder
- Using the Cohort Report Builder for Non-Date Based Cohorts
- Creating a qualitative cohort analysis
- Explore special filter operators
- Export the results of my query
- Using Formulas in the Report Builder
- Create Google Analytics charts
- Importance of the Lifetime Revenue Cohort Analysis
- Ordering data using the Show Top/Bottom feature
- Using the SQL Report Builder
- First purchase report
- Understanding the Repeat Order Probability Report
- Auditing Metrics using the SQL Report Builder
- Differences in Columns Between SQL and Data Warehouse Manager
- Connecting Data
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- Expected Adobe Analytics Data
- Connecting Facebook Ads
- Expected Facebook Ads data
- Connecting Google Adwords
- Expected Google Adword data
- Auditing Google Adwords data
- Connecting Google Analytics Warehoused
- Expected Google Analytics Warehoused Data
- Connecting Google Analytics
- Expected Google Analytics data
- Connecting Google ECommerce
- Expected Google ECommerce data
- Connecting Mixpanel
- Expected Mixpanel data
- Data Validation in Mixpanel
- Connecting PrestaShop
- Connecting Quickbooks
- Expected Quickbooks data
- Connecting Salesforce
- Expected Salesforce data
- Connecting Spree
- Expected Spree Data
- Connecting Stripe
- Expected Stripe data
- Connecting WooCommerce
- Connecting Zendesk
- Expected Zendesk data
- Analyzing Zendesk data
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- Database Integrations
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- Connecting Databases via VPN
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- Expected Commerce Data
- Connecting Microsoft SQL Server
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- Connecting MySQL via SSH Tunnel
- Connecting PostgreSQ
- Analyze Campaigns
- Analyze Customers
- Calculating Commerce churn rates
- Defining customer concentration
- Defining customer churn
- Expected Lifetime Value (LTV) analysis (basic)
- Expected Lifetime Value (LTV) analysis (advanced)
- Track User Acquisition Source Data Overview
- Track User Device and Browser Data in your Database
- Analyzing customer repurchasing behavior
- Analyzing Website Activity and Customer Conversion Rates
- Recency, frequency, monetary (RFM) analysis
- Analyze Business Performance
- Tracking goals against actual metrics
- Analyzing returned orders
- Year-over-year, month-over-month, week-over-week
- Analyzing holiday season performance
- Analyzing repeat probability decay and churn
- Understanding and building a basic analytics
- Identifying your most valuable marketing sources and channels
- Understanding Google Analytics UTM attribution
- Analyzing inventory levels
- Reporting a retail calendar
- Forecasting
- Build Reports and Share Data
- Data User
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- Best Practices
- Working with Data
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- UTM tagging in Google Analytics
- Formatting and Importing Financial Data
- Recommended Data Dimensions for Segmentation and Filtering
- Checking the Update Cycle Status
- Reducing Your Update Cycle Time
- Modifying Your Database to Support Incremental Replication
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- Understanding your MBI Environment
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- Tutorials
Create Calculated Columns
When analyzing your data, it is beneficial to consolidate data from different sources. Want to group revenue by acquisition source, linking data from your orders table and Google Analytics? Or how about grouping revenue by customer gender, or joining a customer attribute to transaction data for segmentation?
This guide teaches you how to do just that. Before getting started, Adobe recommends that you check out the Calculated Column Types Guide. The Calculated Column Types Guide outlines the types of columns that you can create in the Data Warehouse Manager, along with their definitions and examples.
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To get started, click Manage Data > Data Warehouse in the sidebar.
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Click the table that you want to create a column in. For example, if you wanted to create a
Customer Gendercolumn for revenue segmentation, you would select thesales_flat_ordertable. -
The table scheme displays. Click Create New Column.
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Give your column a name - for example,
Customer Gender. -
Select the definition for the column. This is where the Calculated Column Types guide comes in handy!
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For certain types of columns, a little more info is needed to properly create the column:
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One to Many(joined) andMany to One(aggregate) columns, you need to select the tables and columns. - For a
Same Table calculation, you need to select the desired date field from the dropdown.
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If you are creating a One to Many (joined) or Many to One (aggregate) column, you need to select a pathway to connect the two tables. In this step, you can either use an existing path or create a one.
Remember to properly define the table as either many or one!
- If desired, you can apply filters to the new column.
- When finished, click Save.
That is it! Your new column appears in the current table with a Pending status. After the next update completes, your column will be available for use in metrics and reports.
Handy reference map
If you are having a little trouble remembering what all the inputs are when creating a calculated column, try keeping this reference map handy when you are building:
Related documentation
- Calculated Column Types
- Advanced Calculated Column Types
- Building Google ECommerce dimensions with order and customer data
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