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name: watsonx-bi-edit_metrics
title: Editing metrics
description: You can edit existing metrics in the **Advanced mode**. You cannot edit measures or add measures to the metric definition of an existing metric. You need to create a new metric to add more measures or change measures.
last-updated: 2026-07-10
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# Editing metrics
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You can edit existing metrics in the **Advanced mode**. You cannot edit measures or add measures to the metric definition of an existing metric. You need to create a new metric to add more measures or change measures. {: #shortdesc}

Open your semantic data model from the **Data and Metrics** tab and then follow these steps:

1. Click **Advanced mode** on the **Metrics overview** page to go to the semantic data model view.

3. Click the menu icon next to the metric definition that you want to edit and select **Edit metric definition**.

4. Change the metric definition and click **Done**.

5. Save your semantic data model.

6. Click the menu icon next to the metric that you edited and select **Export metric definition** to export the changes to the project. 

The edited metric definition exports to the project and updates the existing metric.