Click the drop-down button for Item.

5-28 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Desktop To create an advanced condition, click the drop-down button to see other options. You can also click the Advanced button for more options. See Chapter 8, Advanced Discoverer Desktop Features for a description of the value options and other advanced features. Figure 5–37 Enter the Condition Values IN Contains one or more values City IN ‘Boston’, ‘Los Angles’, ‘New York’; finds data that contains at least one of the values. IS NULL Contains no data not even zero Commission IS NULL; displays data only when commission has no value. IS NOT NULL Contains some data even zero Commission IS NOT NULL; displays data when commission has any value. NOT IN Is not contained in one or more values City NOT IN ‘Boston’, ‘Chicago’; does not display data that contains Boston or Chicago. BETWEEN A value lies between two values Profit BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000; displays profits greater than or equal to 1000 or less than or equal to 2000. NOT BETWEEN A value lies outside of two values Profits NOT BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000; displays profits less than 1000 or greater than 2000. NOT LIKE Not similar to Name NOT LIKE ‘A’; finds all names not beginning with A. The percent sign matches any number of characters. An underscore symbol _ matches a single character. = and = Not equals Region = ‘Central’; finds all regions except Central. Note: These two expressions have the same meaning because both are supported by SQL programming. Therefore, if you use an SQL programming statement to create a complex conditional value, Discoverer Desktop can recognize it regardless of which expression you use in the program. Expression Meaning Example Working with Discoverer Desktop 5-29 I f you select a data item with discrete values, such as Calendar Year, and then select “is equal to” you do not have to type in the value. Click the Values drop-down button to see the list of values for that item, then select the one that you want to use. For example, in the sample Video Stores workbook, the three values for Calendar Year are 1998, 1999, and 2000. 7. If you are dealing with text and want the condition to match the uppercase and lowercase characters in the text, select the Match Case check box. For example, if you want the condition to filter the data to find all “Widgets” but not “widgets”, select the Match Case check box. 8. Click OK. The new condition appears on the Conditions dialog box.

5.5.2 Editing and Removing Condition Expressions

To edit an existing condition:

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Select the condition on the Conditions dialog box. Figure 5–38 Conditions Dialog Box Key to Figure 5–38 :

a. The selected check box indicates that this condition is active.

b. This condition is selected.

2. Click the Edit button. The Edit Condition dialog box appears. 3. Make the changes you want to the condition. 4. Click OK. The condition is now edited. If you now want to apply that condition to the data, make sure it is turned on the check box in front of the condition is selected and click OK. To delete a condition from the list of conditions that you can apply to the data: 1. Choose Tools | Conditions. The Conditions dialog box appears Figure 5–38 . 2. Select the condition you want to delete.