Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a condition in which blood-pressure at rest is higher than the body's needs. Because hypertension lacks overt symptoms, high blood pressure can go unnoticed for years.
metric (Noun). A measurement of the distance between two points in some metric space: it is a real-valued function d(x,y) between points x and y satisfying the following properties: (1) positive definiteness: and, (2) symmetry: , and (3) triangle inequality: . metric (Verb).
Metrics are calculations performed against the data in the data warehouse. Metrics represent business measures and key performance indicators. For a brief overview of metrics, see About metrics. The easiest way to create a metric is to use a metric template. A metric template helps you create certain types of metrics. For steps, see Creating a metric using a template below.