Data Grid Considerations

The EPM plug-in data grid is loosely defined as all cells that form the intersection of recognized database dimension member axis. A data grid cell will have a valid column axis above it and a valid row axis to the left of it. The data grid is the collection of cells that the application fills in with data from the OLAP data source. In the following example, the data grid is displayed as the light-blue shaded area:

However, the application offers a lot more flexibility than the above tight grid layout. There are many enhancements that you can make to and around the data grid to create a custom formatted report with additional calculations. The following example contains exactly the same data grid as above, but demonstrates several enhancements that will not prevent you from refreshing the report with the application.

Note that the unusual text and background formatting is only used here to help you differentiate the areas of the report.