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description: Your choice of measure defines your entire visualization and determines the scope of your exploration. For example, change the measure and the aggregation method from “Count of Opportunities” to “Sum of Amount.” Then add a second measure to see 2 visualizations side by side.
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# Change Measures

Your choice of measure defines your entire visualization and determines the scope of your exploration. For example, change the measure and the aggregation method from “Count of Opportunities” to “Sum of Amount.” Then add a second measure to see 2 visualizations side by side.

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1. To explore it in a lens, click a CRM Analytics dataset.
    
    By default, the initial measure is Count of Rows.
2. To open the Measures selection menu, click **Count of Rows**.
    
    ![explorer lens with edit measure menu](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-bi-264-0-0-production-enus/ec791473-f5b4-4f64-a656-9104f455d966/bi/images/bi/bi_explorer_edit_measure.png)
3. Click **Sum**, and click the measure you want to visualize.
    
    ![explorer lens with sum measures](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-bi-264-0-0-production-enus/ec791473-f5b4-4f64-a656-9104f455d966/bi/images/bi/bi_explorer_choose_sum_measure.png)
    
    ![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-bi-264-0-0-production-enus/ec791473-f5b4-4f64-a656-9104f455d966/images/icon_note.png)
    
    Note To count the number of unique occurrences of a measure or a dimension, click **Unique**, then select the measure or dimension you want to count.
    
    After you group the data, the chart displays the chosen measure by group value.
    
    ![explorer lens visualizing product pipeline sales volumes](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-bi-264-0-0-production-enus/ec791473-f5b4-4f64-a656-9104f455d966/bi/images/bi/bi_explorer_lens_product_pipeline.png)