## Metadata - Author: [[taylor-from-count|Taylor From Count]] - Full Title:: Metric Trees - Advice and Best Practice - Category:: #🗞️Articles - Document Tags:: [[Metrics layer|Metrics Layer]], [[Metric trees|Metric Trees]], - Finished date:: [[2024-08-31]] ## Highlights > Think about how a metric would break down in terms of growth accounting (e.g. Revenue breaks down into Retained Revenue, Churned Revenue, etc.) ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j6kkx2cznx8b4ejnt3at40pv)) > Try to avoid proxy metrics and abstractions ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j6kkx5perrdptb0teh75sm5b))