For data analysts

Data analyst FAQ

Short, concrete answers to the questions data analysts ask most, with links to the full explanation.

Answers are grouped by topic. Each one links to the page that explains it in full.

Documents and extraction

Checks and review

Definitions and parameters

Families

Groupings

Answers and numbers

Trackers

Access

Limits

Sensitive data

Mark sensitive columns, grant and revoke PII clearance, and understand what redaction does to profiles and answers.

Projects

A project holds one slice of your business, its data, its definitions, and everything you build on them.

Data analyst FAQ

Which files are read as metric documents?

I uploaded a document. Why don't I see anything in Review?

Why was my metric not extracted?

How do I get a document read again?

Why does a warning say the extractor's answer reached its output limit?

Does every document in the project get read, or only the ones I mark?

Why did my document create a reusable filter card, or an entity card?

Why is Accept disabled?

V6 failed. What now?

A check says "skipped: …". Is that a failure?

V5 says "no value". Is my definition broken?

What does "Replaces the accepted definition" mean?

How do I change a definition?

How do I check a definition against my own number?

Why did it ask me for a SKU (or a warehouse)?

Where do the dates in a stored query come from?

Why did it ask me which variant?

Why did the answer show two figures when I asked for one?

How do I change what happens when someone says the family word?

Why does a question about a city miss some warehouses?

Why can't I create a grouping?

How do I find the exact value to exclude or group (spelling and case)?

Why is a column missing common values?

Why does the answer say provisional?

Why does the answer say incomplete?

A number differs from my dashboard. How do I check?

A figure says "computed by the agent". What does that mean?

An attempt in the Trail says "Withdrawn by the self-audit". Should I worry?

Who does the arithmetic in an answer?

Where do I set a metric's Available from date?

Why did a question get a dashboard link instead of an answer?

Do trackers use my definitions?

Why does a tracker question say Skipped?

Why does a colleague get a different answer to the same question?

How do I mark a column as personal data?

Can it join BigQuery with an uploaded file?

Will it join two fact tables?

Is every number in an answer checked?

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