A location is the geographical or organizational dimension of a measure. Each measure contains one or more locations. For example, the Cost of Goods measure tracks costs at several geographical locations, including North America, the UK, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific. You use locations to apply a measure hierarchy to the geographical or other location structure defined for your organization.
Using locations, you can view a measure’s performance at a single location and compare it to other locations. Locations can reflect the structure of your organization, for example, operational units, geographical areas, or any other elements that are meaningful. Figure 2‑32 shows a simple geographic location structure.
Figure 2‑32 Simple geographic location structure
Figure 2‑33 shows locations having a simple product line structure.
Figure 2‑33 Simple product line structure
You can create multiple location hierarchies. An additional location hierarchy can use entirely different locations, or can use one or more locations from other hierarchies.
