About working with reports

Provides information about what you do when working in a report.

Select measures

You can select measure for the report by selecting the Measures link. This will bring up a dialog box allowing you to select measures.

Select dimension members

You can select dimension members for the report by selecting the Rows link. This will bring up a dialog box allowing you to select members.

Select dimension filters

You can select dimension filters for the report by selecting the Filters link. This will bring up a dialog box allowing you to select members.

Set the time frame

You can examine progress versus historical performance by changing time frames. See About setting time frames in reports.

Set the presentation

You can specify the presentation of the report by laying out the dimensions, measures, and time periods across or down the report, setting row limits, controlling the display of row and column totals. For information, see About presentation setting and About report layout options.

Display a trend graph

You can control the display of the chart, specify which items are charted, and set charting features. See About graph settings.

Sort a column

Select a column heading and then select Sort Ascending or Sort Descending to sort the data based on the selected column.

Drill up and down on dimensions

Select a label in the first column to drill down on a dimension. Select the drill up button at the top left of the grid to drill back up.

Update View

Whenever a report setting is changed, you must select Update View to see the changes reflected in the data.