docs: expand supported metric types for pivot table totals#718
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Summary
Update the table chart reference to reflect that pivot table column totals now support more metric types beyond
countandsum.Changes
countandsummetrics.count,sum,count_distinct,average,min,max, and ratio metrics.Context
Triggered by lightdash/lightdash#23590, which adds warehouse-computed column totals for pivot tables. The frontend now overlays warehouse-computed totals onto pivot columns and removes the previous
isSummablegate, so totals are correct for non-additive metric types where they were previously blank or wrong.cc @jose-lightdash