Select the column containing the data that you want to use to find percentages. Click the Percentages tool on the tool bar.

5-20 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Desktop Figure 5–28 Percentages Dialog Box 2. Select the check box in front of a percentage definition. 3. Click OK. Discover now computes the percentages and displays them on the table or crosstab. To remove the percentages from the data: 1. Choose Tools | Percentages. The Percentages dialog box appears. 2. Clear the check boxes. 3. Click OK to remove the percentages from the data.

5.4.2 Creating a New Percentages Definition

Creating a new percentage definition has four basic steps: ■ Selecting the data item for calculating the percentage. ■ Selecting to calculate the percentage of a total or change in values. ■ Creating a label for the percentage column. ■ Defining the format for the column. To create a new percentage definition: 1. Choose Tools | Percentages. The Percentages dialog box appears Figure 5–28 .

2. Click the New button.

The Percentage dialog box for a new definition appears: Working with Discoverer Desktop 5-21 Figure 5–29 Percentage Dialog Box 3. On the Percentage dialog box, click the drop-down button at the top of the box to see the list of data items for which to calculate percentages. 4. Select the data item from the list to use to calculate percentages.

5. Select one of the options to calculate a percentage of. If you select the option Each

Change in , select the data item where you want the percentage to be displayed when the value changes. The following table lists your choices: Option Description Grand total Calculates the percentage of the Grand Total for each column. this option is only available from the Percentages dialog box for tables. Grand total of all values Calculates the percentage of the Grand Total for all the columns. Grand total for each column Calculates the percentage of the Grand Total for each column. Grand total for each row Calculates the percentage of the Grand Total for each row. Each change in Calculates the percentage places it at each new value for the selected item. Select the item from the drop-down menu.