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# measureItem()

- Package: [@gooddata/sdk-model](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-model/index.md)
- Kind: function
- Source: https://github.com/gooddata/gooddata-ui-sdk/blob/rel/11.64/libs/sdk-model/src/execution/measure/index.ts

Gets reference of LDM object from which the measure is calculated (fact or MAQL metric).

**Signature:**

```typescript
export declare function measureItem(measure: IMeasure): ObjRef | undefined;
```

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| measure | [IMeasure](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-model/sdk-model.imeasure/index.md) | measure to get LDM object reference from |

**Returns:**

[ObjRef](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-model/sdk-model.objref/index.md) | undefined

object reference or undefined if not simple measure