In creating measures for a sales data app, what is the first step to set the required colors for CY Sales and LY Sales?

The correct approach is to create CY Sales and LY Sales measures as master items. This step is fundamental because master items in Qlik Sense allow users to define and manage measures and dimensions in a centralized way. By making these measures master items, they can be reused consistently throughout the app, ensuring uniformity in both calculation and appearance, including their assigned colors.

Once CY Sales and LY Sales are established as master items, it becomes easier to apply visual consistency by setting distinct attributes like colors directly within the master item settings. This ensures that anytime the measures are used in visualizations, they retain the same color coding defined, enhancing clarity in the representation of current and last year’s sales.

Using separate KPIs for each measure could lead to inconsistencies in their representation if not handled carefully, while displaying the measures in a table format may not provide the needed visual distinction across different measures. Lastly, combining the measures into a single one may obscure the individual insights that are essential for analyzing performance year over year.