Navigator 
Use the Navigator template to perform ad hoc reporting of multiple dimensions and metrics in a flexible layout. You can control how you want to explore and lay out your data, and how much data you want to review. Use the cross-tabular reporting style to display dimensions across the columns and down the rows of a report. You can also display any number of metrics, and include complex time templates.
Features
You can do the following in a Navigator report:
Feature |
Description |
|---|---|
Select the metrics displayed in the report |
You can select metrics for the report. For information, see Data Adjusting. |
Select the dimension members filters |
You can select dimension members for the report and you can also select filters for dimensions not displayed in the report. For information, see Data Adjusting. For information about using the Select dialog box, see Dimension Member Selection in Select Dialog Boxes. |
Set the time frame |
You can examine progress versus historical performance by changing time frames. The time frame settings vary depending on the type of Navigator report you are displaying. |
Set the presentation |
You can specify the presentation of the report by laying out the dimensions, metrics, and time periods across or down the report, setting row limits, suppressing portions of long labels, controlling the display of row and column totals, and setting user-defined hierarchies. For information, see Presentation Setting in Navigator. For information, see Layout Selection in Navigator. For information, see User-Defined Hierarchy Development. |
Display the chart |
You can control the display of the chart, specify which items are charted, and set charting features. For information, see Graph Settings. |
Sort a column |
The column is displayed with a gray background to quickly identify which column being sorted. An arrow appears in the column next to the column label. The arrow points in the direction in which the information is being sorted. Any indentations of dimension levels that may have been showing are cleared and all dimension members appear vertically aligned. If you sort on a column while the Order dimensions drop-down list has Hierarchical or Alphabetical selected, the selected column is sorted. The dimension member ordering is adjusted based on the sorted column, rather than the hierarchical or alphabetical order. |
Drill up and down on dimensions |
If you drill down and get a message stating that no data matches your criteria, you can drill up to redisplay data. You can drill up only as high as the level at which you started drilling. If you are displaying multiple dimensions down the table, the Up arrow button drills up on the last dimension you drilled on. |
Update your view |
You can update your view after changing settings. If Update View appears grayed out, it means there are no report changes. |
Activities
To edit the metrics that are used in the report, click Metrics in the Adjust Data section.
To edit the dimension members that are used in the rows, click Rows in the Adjust Data section.
To filter the dimensions not used in the report, click Filters in the Adjust Data section.
To set the time frame, use the settings in the Time section.
To lay out the dimensions, time, and metrics in the table, click Layout in the Presentation section.
To set limits, control the display of row and column totals, and set User-Defined Hierarchies, use the settings in the Presentation section.
To display a chart, click Display Graph in the Graph section.
To change chart settings, click Graph items in the Graph section.
To sort on a column, click the column heading.
To drill down on data, click any item in the left-most column that contains a blue link.
To drill up on data, click the Up arrow.
To update the view with new time settings, click Update View.