Click the Union button under the Result Columns link. Select the operation type Click View Metadata Dictionary in the toolbar.

Creating Analyses 2-13 To combine columns from one or more subject areas: 1. In the Analysis editor, create an empty analysis that uses a subject area such as A-Sample Sales. 2. In the Criteria tab, select the columns to include in the analysis. For example, select D1 Office from the Offices folder and 1-Revenue from the Base Facts folder. 3. In the Selected Columns pane , click the Combine results based on union, intersection, and difference operations toolbar button to display the Select Subject Area menu. 4. Select a subject area that contains the columns to combine with the columns that you have previously included. For example, click A-Sample Sales. The Set Operations area is displayed in the Selected Columns pane. Note the boxes with dotted line borders that are displayed below the criteria. These boxes indicate the kind of column that you must combine with those that you have previously included. For example, the boxes might include Add Column D1 Office and Add Column 1-Revenue. This text indicates that the columns that you include in each of those boxes is combined with the previously selected D1 Office and 1-Revenue columns using a Set operation to form a new column. When you combine measure columns, no arithmetic operations are performed. 5. In the Subject Areas pane, select the columns to combine with the originally selected columns. For example, from the Offices folder, select D2 Department and from the Base Facts folder, select 1-Revenue. Note that the boxes that previously had dotted line borders now hold the columns that you have just selected. You have now specified the columns to combine.

6. Click the Union button under the Result Columns link. Select the operation type

to use for combining the columns. For example, select the Union All type. The result columns are those that are displayed in views after applying the set operation of the derived columns.

7. Click the Result Columns link. Note that the Selected Columns pane is updated to

show the newly combined columns that you have just created. You can work with these columns as you do other columns in this pane. For example, you can rename the first column that is the single newly combined column by following these steps:

a. Click the Options button for the D1 Office column.

b. Select Column Properties.

c. Select Column Format.

d. Ensure that Custom Headings is selected.

e. In the Column Heading box, enter Offices Departments.

f. Click OK.

8. Click the Results tab to view the columns in a table in the Compound Layout . Figure 2–4 shows how the combined Offices Departments column is displayed in a table. 2-14 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Figure 2–4 Combined Column Displayed in a Table Viewing Metadata Information from the Subject Areas Pane You can view metadata information for subject areas, folders, columns, and hierarchy levels. This is helpful, for example, if you need a full description of one of these objects when creating an analysis. Metadata information is contained in a metadata dictionary. A metadata dictionary is a static set of XML documents. Each XML document describes a metadata object, such as a column, including its properties and relationships with other metadata objects. To view metadata information: 1. In the Subject Areas pane in the Criteria tab or the Results tab, select the subject area, folder, column, or hierarchy level for which you want to view metadata information. Note: In order for you to view metadata information, the administrator must have performed various configuration tasks, as described in Providing Access to Metadata Dictionary Information in Oracle Fusion Middleware System Administrators Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. Creating Analyses 2-15

2. Click View Metadata Dictionary in the toolbar.

The metadata dictionary information for the object is displayed either in a new browser window or in a tab, depending on the browser setting. Displaying the Results of Analyses This procedure is a step in the process for constructing an analysis. For more information, see What Is the Process for Constructing Analyses? You use the Analysis editor: Results tab to add different views of the results such as graphs, tickers, and pivot tables. For a list of the views that you can add, see What Types of Views Are Available? When you create an analysis and display the Results tab, you see in the Compound Layout a title view and either a table or pivot table view by default, based on the following: ■ If the analysis contains only attribute columns and measure columns, then a table is displayed by default. ■ If the analysis contains at least one hierarchical column, then a pivot table is displayed by default. The administrator might have configured different views to display by default in the Results tab. You can combine views and position them anywhere in the Compound Layout. For example, you can create side-by-side pivot tables that reflect different views of the data, graphs that allow you to explore interrelationships in depth, and filters that limit the results. Together all of these views are called a compound layout. You can create additional compound layouts, as described in Creating Additional Compound Layouts . To display the results of an analysis: 1. Click the Results tab. The results of the analysis are displayed in a table or pivot table. 2. Optional Edit the table or pivot table or add additional views. For more information, see Adding Views for Display in Dashboards . Creating Additional Compound Layouts As you work with an analysis, you can create multiple compound layouts that use different combinations of views. For example, one layout might include a graph and a title, and another layout might include a graph and a narrative view. When you add the analysis to a dashboard page, you can select which layout you want to include on that page. To create additional compound layouts: 1. Click the Analysis editor: Results tab .

2. Create another compound layout in the