These are the conditions that you have already defined, or have been made available

5-26 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Desktop Figure 5–34 New Condition Dialog Box Name —automatically generates a name for the condition based on the item, the condition, and the values that you select for it. To create a different name, clear the check box Generate name automatically. You can then enter a name for the condition in the Name box. Description —For simple, straightforward conditions, the name and description are usually sufficient to explain how the condition will filter the data, and you don’t need to type an extra description. However, advanced conditions may need descriptions for clarity. Enter a description here and it appears on the Conditions dialog box when the condition is selected. Location —The workbook where the condition will be applied.

3. Click the drop-down button for Item.

The drop-down list shows the data items in the workbook that you can use for the condition. It also lists Create Calculation and Select Condition, which are some other ways to create the first part of the condition. Figure 5–35 Select the Condition Item Create Calculation —You can use a calculation to filter the data see Chapter 8, Advanced Discoverer Desktop Features . Select Condition —Creates conditions that use other conditions to filter the data first see Chapter 8, Advanced Discoverer Desktop Features . Working with Discoverer Desktop 5-27 Notice that the list of items contains all the data items in the workbook, not just those being displayed on the current table or crosstab. You can use any data item to create a condition. 4. Choose the data item to use for filtering the data. 5. Click the drop-down button for the condition expression and choose the one you want. See the table below for descriptions and examples of the expressions. Figure 5–36 Select the Condition Expression

6. To complete the definition of the condition enter a value in the Values box.

The following table describes the condition expressions: Note: When you create a condition with text for the value, the text must be enclosed in single quotes. For example, in the condition Region = ‘Central’, the text value, ‘Central’, must be enclosed in single quotes. Numbers do not have to be in quotes. Expression Meaning Example = Equals Region = ‘Central’; only the Central Region data is displayed. Not equal Region ‘Central’; all other region data except Central is displayed. Greater than Profit SUM 10000; all Profit SUM items greater than 10000 are displayed. Less than Profit SUM 10000; all Profit SUM items less than 10000 are displayed. = Less than or equal to Profit SUM = 10000; all Profit SUM items less than or equal to 10000 are displayed. = Greater than or equal to Profit SUM = 10000; all Profit SUM items greater than or equal to 10000 are displayed. LIKE Similar to using wildcard matching Name LIKE ‘A’; finds all names beginning with the letter A. The percent sign matches any number of characters. An underscore symbol _ matches a single character.