Choose Insert | Condition to display the

12-6 Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Discoverer adds buttons for Add, Delete, And, Or and Not. You use these buttons to create the advanced condition. 3. Build the advanced condition as follows: a. Click Add to insert a new condition statement. b. Specify the item for the new condition statement as follows: ■ Select the drop down list in the Item column and choose an item from the list of items displayed. ■ Select the drop down list in the Item column and choose the Create Calculation option to create a calculation to include in the advanced condition. ■ Select the drop down list in the Item column and choose the Copy Condition option to include a copy of an existing condition in the advanced condition. The copy can be edited as it is a copy of the original condition. ■ Select drop down list in the Item column and choose the Select Condition option to include an existing condition in the advanced condition. If you select an existing condition, it cannot be edited here. a. Specify the condition and value for the new condition statement. b. Specify how you want to combine the condition statements. Note: You can use the handles next to each condition statement to highlight a condition statement and perform the following actions: ■ click a group and click AND to specify that all condition statements must be met for the condition ■ click a group and click OR to specify that one of the condition statements must be met for the condition ■ click a group and click NOT to specify that no condition statements must be met for the condition ■ click Delete to remove condition statement lines from the condition. ■ drag and drop a handle next to a condition statement to reposition the condition statement in a nested hierarchy. ■ double click a group to change from AND to OR or vice versa Note: If you reposition a condition statement, it can affect the order in which the condition statement is applied within the advanced condition that is, nested condition statements are applied first. 4. When you have finished, click OK to save the advanced condition and close the dialog. The new condition is displayed on the Workarea: Data tab . When Discoverer users access this business area, they will see this condition item in the business area folder. How to edit conditions You edit a condition to change the way that it behaves. For example, you might want to: ■ change the name of a condition ■ change the data being returned by the condition Creating and Maintaining Conditions 12-7 ■ create a more advanced condition To edit a condition:

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On the Workarea: Data tab , select the condition that you want to edit. 2. Choose Edit | Edit... to display the New Condition dialog . Figure 12–3 Edit Condition dialog

3. Edit the condition details as required.

4. Click OK to save the details and close the dialog.

The updated condition is displayed on the Workarea: Data tab . Note : You can also use the Condition Properties dialog to change conditions. How to edit condition properties You edit a condition’s properties to change the way that it behaves, or change its identifier for more information, see What are identifiers? , which is a unique Discoverer identification label. You can also change the way that a condition behaves by editing the condition itself for more information, see How to edit conditions . To edit condition properties:

1. On the

Workarea: Data tab , select the condition that you want to edit. 2. Choose Edit | Properties to display the Condition Properties dialog .

3. Edit the condition properties.

4. Click OK to save the details and close the dialog.

The Workarea: Data tab is updated to reflect any changes made to the condition. How to delete conditions You delete a condition when you want to remove it permanently from the business area. For example, you might have previously filtered data relating to the year 2000, and would now like Discoverer users to access data relating to all available years. To delete a condition:

1. On the

Workarea: Data tab , select the condition that you want to delete. 2. Choose Edit | Delete to display the Confirm Delete dialog .