About the Axis Item Markers

2-10 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Desktop

a. Axis Item Markers.

b. Note that this side axis has two item markers for the two data items on that

axis—Region and City.

2.3.2 Selecting Axis Item Markers

When you put the pointer on an axis item, it changes to an arrow, indicating the marker is selected. On a crosstab, a small note shows you the name of the data item for the selected marker. Typically you use an axis marker to pivot data from one axis to another. See Section 4.1, Pivoting Data for details about pivoting. Figure 2–17 Pointers on the Axis Item Markers Key to Figure 2–17 :

a. Depending on the location of the axis item marker, the pointer changes to an arrow

pointing up, down, or sideways.

2.4 Seeing the Next Page of Data

When the page axis contains data, the table or crosstab displays one page of data at a time. A page displays all of the data for a particular data item, such as the profits from Video Rentals for 1996. To see another page of data on a table or crosstab:

1.

Click the down arrow next to the data you want to see. Figure 2–18 The Down Arrow on Page Axis Items Key to Figure 2–18 : What You See on the Screen 2-11

a. Click the down arrow to select the next page of data for the particular data item. A

drop-down list appears showing the pages available for that data item. A checkmark indicates the current page being displayed on the table or crosstab. 2. Select the page that you want to see next from the drop-down menu. In the following figure, the page axis has two data items—Department and Calendar Year. The Calendar Year data covers 1998, 1999, and 2000; the Department data has two departments—Video Sale and Video Rental. Therefore, in combination, the crosstab has a total of six pages of data: 1. 1998 Video Sale 2. 1999 Video Sale 3. 2000 Video Sale 4. 1998 Video Rental 5. 1999 Video Rental 6. 2000 Video Rental Figure 2–19 See the Next Page of Data Key to Figure 2–19 :

a. Looking at the page labels, you can see that this crosstab shows data for the Video

Sale Department for the Calendar Year 2000. To see data for other Departments, click the down arrow in the Department item. b. A drop-down list shows other items available, in this case the Department Video Rentals. The check mark next to Video Sale indicates that the table currently displays the page for Video Sale data. To view data for the Department Video Rentals, select it from the list. Note: Unlike a word-processing document where you scroll to see the next pages, scrolling a table or crosstab shows all the data on the current page. To see the next pages of data, use the process described above.