Enter labels for the subtotal and Grand Total percentages, or click the drop-down

5-24 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Desktop Conditions are essentially powerful data filters that find the specific data you’re looking for and displays only that data. You can define numerous conditions and turn them on and off to filter the data in the tables and crosstabs. Note: Applying a condition to a table or crosstab does not remove the data from the workbook. It merely filters the data to show the precise data you want to see. To return the rest of the data to the table or crosstab, turn off the condition. To find data that meets certain conditions: 1. Choose Tools | Conditions. The Conditions dialog box appears. Figure 5–32 Conditions Dialog Box Key to Figure 5–32 :

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

to you by your Discoverer manager. b. Selected check boxes in front of a condition definition indicate that the condition is active and is being applied to the data already.

2. To find data that meets a condition, select the check box in front of the condition

definition. That turns on the condition. In the example above, the condition “Department is Video Rental or Video Sale” is selected.

3. Click OK. Discover now filters the data, finds the data that meets the condition,

and displays it. To see conditions for specific data items:

1. At the Conditions dialog box, choose an item from the drop-down list, View

Conditions For . You can display all the conditions defined in a workbook, or only those that apply to particular data items. Note: If you select two or more conditions that conflict, a warning appears. For example, the two conditions “Year = 2000” and “Year = 1998 or 1999” applied to the same layout conflict, because the first condition removes all years except 2000 and the second condition tries to display 1998 and 1999 at the same time. Working with Discoverer Desktop 5-25 ■ To see conditions that apply to a specific data item, click the drop-down button and select a data item to see its conditions. ■ To see all of the conditions defined for the workbook, choose All Items. ■ To see only those conditions currently turned on, choose Active Only. Figure 5–33 View Conditions for a Specific Data Item Key to Figure 5–33 :

a. Choose a data item to see its condition.

To remove the condition from the data: 1. Choose Tools | Conditions. The Conditions dialog box appears Figure 5–32 .

2. Clear in the check box next to the condition.

Do not click the Delete button. That deletes the condition definition from the list of conditions.

3. Click OK. The condition is removed from the data.

Now, the data is restored to the table or crosstab, because the data is not being filtered. That is, the condition is turned off.

5.5.1 Creating Conditions

To create a new condition: 1. Choose Tools | Conditions. The Conditions dialog box appears.

2. Click the New button.

The New Condition dialog box appears: