In some cases you may find the need to create a metric programatically. In this case, you can do so through an api tool. In order to do so, you will need to know the object identifiers of the facts/attributes you would like to use to build your metric. Then, you simply need to create a Post command using the following resource:
POST
<domain>/gdc/md/{project-id}/obj{?createAndGet=true}
The body of the request will use the following format:
{
"metric":{
"meta":{
"title":"",
"summary":"",
"tags":"",
"deprecated":0,
"unlisted":1
},
"content":{
"expression":"",
"format":"#,##0.00",
"folders":[
]
}
}
}
For example, we can use the following:
{
"metric":{
"meta":{
"title":"API Test Create",
"summary":"",
"tags":"",
"deprecated":0,
"unlisted":1
},
"content":{
"expression":"SELECT SUM ([/gdc/md/<PID>/obj/322])",
"format":"#,##0.00",
"folders":[
]
}
}
}The new metric will now be available for use within insights.