Choose Format | Exceptions. Creating a New Exception

5-8 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Desktop 4. Type the number or text for the Exception in the boxes at the right of the Exception dialog box. For the expression “is between” two boxes appear for the low and high values. Figure 5–11 Enter the Exception Values You want to find... Use this expression... Comments Amounts over a certain value “is greater than” value For example “is greater than” 10,000 The “is greater than” Exception finds data equal to or greater than the value. In this example, values equal to or greater than 10,000 will be highlighted. Text that follows other text alphabetically “is greater than” text For example “is greater than” New York finds New York and all the names alphabetically after it The text can be any word or text item. Amounts under a certain value “is less than” value For example “is less than” 10,000 The “is less than” Exception finds data equal to or less than the value. In this example, a values equal to or less than 10,000 will be highlighted. Text that precedes other text alphabetically “is less than” text For example “is less than” New York finds New York and all the names that alphabetically precede it The name can be any word or text item. Amounts between two values either text or numeric “is between” lower value and upper value For example, numbers between 5000 and 10,000, or text between Jones and Smith, or Zip Codes between 95000 and 96000 The “is between” Exception finds data equal to or greater than the lower value and equal to or less than the upper value. Data between the two values will be highlighted. Applies to both text and numeric items. For example, Zip Codes from 95000 through 96000 will be highlighted. To find all text alphabetically in a range, such as all the names starting with the letter C, enter Ca as the lower value and Cz as the upper value. Amount or name that matches “is equal to” value For example “is equal to” New York finds all data with New York as the name The value can be a numeric or text item. The value and data must match exactly. Working with Discoverer Desktop 5-9 If you select a data item with discrete values, such as Region, and then select the expression “is equal to” you don’t have to type in the value. Simply click the drop-down button on the third box to see the list of values for that item. For example, in the sample Vidstore workbook, the three values for Region are Central, East, and West. Selecting “Region is equal to” and then clicking the drop-down button displays Central, East, and West as the choices. To format the Exception:

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Select the display options for the Exception from the bottom half of the dialog box. Figure 5–12 The Exceptions Dialog Box Key to Figure 5–12 :

a. The Sample box shows what the Worksheet text will look like.

b. Options for setting the text font, size, and style.

c. Options for setting the text alignment.

d. Options for setting text color and background color.

2. Click OK. The Exceptions dialog box reappears with your new Exception listed in it. Remember to click the box in front of the Exception to turn it on and click OK to apply it to the data. Figure 5–13 A New Exception

5.2.2 Editing an Exception

To edit an Exception: