To change an AND operator to an OR operator, click the word AND. You can As you add filter items, click AND and OR operators as necessary to construct the In the Operator field, select is based on the results of another analysis.

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3. Select the named filter and click the Add More Options button. The

Apply Saved Filter dialog is displayed. 4. Specify how you want to add the named filter to the analysis. You can select one or both of the following options: ■ Select the Clear all existing filters before applying box to remove all existing filters from the analysis before adding the named filter. ■ Select the Apply contents of filter instead of a reference to the filter box to copy the actual contents of the filter to the analysis. Copying the contents enables you to manipulate the filter criteria without altering the saved filter. When you deselect the Apply contents of filter instead of a reference to the filter box, a reference to the filter is added to the analysis. From the analysis, you can view but not alter the named filters contents.

5. Click OK.

The filter is displayed in the Filters Pane. Combining and Grouping Column Filters Combining and grouping column filters with AND and OR Boolean operators enables you to create complex filters without requiring you to know SQL statements. Grouping enables you to establish the precedence in which Oracle BI EE filters an analysis. To combine a column filter with other column filters: 1. Create or open a named filter or analysis that contains an inline filter. 2. If you are working with a named filter, then locate the Saved Filter pane and confirm that the filter contains two or more filter items. If you are working with an inline filter, then locate the Filters Pane and confirm that the filter contains two or more filter items. After you add the second filter item, the AND operator is displayed before the second filter item.

3. To change an AND operator to an OR operator, click the word AND. You can

toggle between AND and OR this way. Note the following information: ■ The AND operator means that the criteria specified in each filter must be met. This is the default method for combining column filters. ■ The OR operator means that the criteria that is specified in at least one of the column filters must be met.

4. As you add filter items, click AND and OR operators as necessary to construct the

appropriate filter combinations. 5. Save the filter in one of the following ways: ■ From the Analysis Editor, you can select Save Analysis to save the filter as an inline filter. ■ From the Filter Editor, you can select Save Filter to save the filter as a named filter. Note: If you want to group filters, then the filter must contain three or more filter items. 5-10 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition For more information, see Saving Objects as Inline or Named . Using a Saved Analysis as a Filter You can create a filter based on the values that are returned by another analysis. Any saved analysis that returns a column of values can be used to filter the matching column in an analysis. To create a filter based on the results of another saved analysis: 1. Create or open a named filter or analysis that contains an inline filter. 2. If you are working with a named filter, then locate the Saved Filter pane and from the Subject Areas pane , select the column for which you want to create a filter. If you are working with an inline filter, then locate the Filters Pane, and from the Filters Pane toolbar, click the Create a filter for the current Subject Area button and select the column for which you want to create the filter. The New Filter dialog is displayed.

3. In the Operator field, select is based on the results of another analysis.

The Saved Analysis, Relationship, and Use values in Column fields are displayed.

4. In the Saved Analysis field, either enter the complete path to the saved analysis or