Click the axis item marker of the item to pivot. Drag the pointer to its position on the new axis. You can drag the pointer onto the Let go of the mouse button. The item moves to the new axis.

Pivoting, Drilling, and Sorting Data 4-7 Figure 4–9 Producing erroneous results by pivoting data Key to Figure 4–9 :

a. The Region Item is dragged from the left axis to the top axis.

b. Because there is now no cross-tabulation, no profits data is displayed on the table.

4.1.4 Duplicating Tables and Crosstabs

When you have a Worksheet, you can duplicate it as another Worksheet of the same type, or you can convert the Worksheet to a different type, for example, into a Table or Crosstab. For example, if your data is currently displayed as a table, but you want to analyze it using the pivoting features of a crosstab, you can duplicate the table as a crosstab. To convert a Worksheet table to another Worksheet type: 1. Choose Sheet | Duplicate a Table or Sheet | Duplicate as Crosstab. The dialog box for duplicating the table or crosstab appears, with the Crosstab Layout tab visible. Figure 4–10 shows the Duplicate as Crosstab dialog box. The dialog box for duplicating tables is similar. 4-8 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Desktop Figure 4–10 Duplicate as Crosstab Dialog Box 2. Click OK now if you want to accept the default table or crosstab configuration. 3. If you want to change the default table or crosstab configuration, choose from the four tabs and configure your duplicate table. The tabs across the top of the dialog are used as follows: ■ Select Items —adds new items to the new table or crosstab see Section 7.1.2, Selecting the Data for details. ■ Conditions —adds conditions to the new table or crosstab see Section 5.5, Finding Data that Meets Conditions for details. ■ Sort —available for tables only sorts the data on the new table see Key to Figure 4–27: for details. ■ Calculations —defines calculations on the new table or crosstab see Section 8.3, Creating Calculations for details. 4. Click OK to create your duplicate table. A new Worksheet is created in your Workbook containing the duplicate table or crosstab.

4.2 Drilling Into and Out of Data

Drilling into data shows more details about the data. Drilling out of data or collapsing consolidates the data for a broader overview. Typically, you drill into data to analyze it at a finer level of detail, and drill out to get the “bigger picture.” In addition to drilling into and out of data on the current table or crosstab, you can also drill to another worksheet, or to a related item that is not on the worksheets. See Section 4.2.5, Drilling with the Drill Dialog Box for details. Discoverer Desktop provides two ways to drill into and out of data: ■ Drilling directly from a table or crosstab - clicking a Drill Point to display a Drill Icon is the quickest way to drill, and covers many types of drilling typical in routine data analysis, see Figure 4–11 .