Seeing the Next Page of Data

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. 2-12 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Desktop

c. To see data for other Calendar Years, click the down arrow in the Calendar Years

item. Then choose a Year from the list. You can now compare Profit revenues for different years.

2.5 Formatting a Worksheet

Part of a Database Administrator’s responsibility when designing workbooks is to format each worksheet. Text fonts, background colors, column names, and so forth are all part of the default format set up by the Database Administrator. However, you can reformat a worksheet. The following sections describe how to do this.

2.5.1 Rearranging the Columns on Tables

On a table you can move columns from left to right. You can also move columns from the body of a table to the page axis. This is known as pivoting see Section 4.1, Pivoting Data for more information. To move a table column to the left or right:

1. Select the column heading of the column to move.

The pointer changes to a double-headed line indicating you can move the column to the left and right.

2. Drag the column in the direction you want to move it.

3. Release the mouse button when you reach the new position.

Hint: To make the selected column the first or last one in the table, drag the pointer to the leftmost or rightmost column. See Figure 2–20 for an example. Figure 2–20 Move a Column Left or Right on a Table Key to Figure 2–20 :

a. Select a column and move the cursor to the right.

b. When mouse button is released, the column moves to the right.