On the top axis or side axis of a crosstabs the markers are horizontal or vertical. On the page axis the markers are at the left side of the heading.

What You See on the Screen 2-9 Figure 2–15 Select All Items at One Level on an Axis Key to Figure 2–15 :

a. Click an axis marker to select all the items at that level on the axis.

In this sample, clicking this marker selects all the City names on the Left Axis but not the Region names because they are at a different level on the axis. b. To select the Region names you would click this marker.

2.3.1 About the Axis Item Markers

An axis item marker pertains to one level of data on the axis. For example, Region is at a higher level than Cities because the Regions contain the Cities. When you click an axis item marker it selects all the items at that level. Tables and crosstabs can have several axis item markers. Items on the side axis have their axis markers at the top of the axis. Items on the top axis or page axis have their markers to the left of the item. The number of markers on a crosstab indicates how many levels of items in the axes which is another way of saying how many “dimensions” of data the crosstabs displays. Figure 2–16 Axis Item Marker Examples Key to Figure 2–16 : Note: The axis markers, row markers, column markers, and other similar elements on the screen are only for your work on the screen. Those elements do not appear when you print a table or crosstab report. Use the Print Preview command to see what a table or crosstab will look like when printed. 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 :