Banded Wizard

This wizard guides you through the process of creating a banded object. It contains the following screens:

Back

Returns to the previous screen.

Next

Goes to the next screen.

Finish

Creates the banded object and closes the wizard.

Cancel

Closes the wizard without creating a banded object.

Help

Displays the help document about this feature.

Data screen

Specifies the business/report cube to use to create the banded object. This screen is hidden when there is only one cube in the current catalog. See the screen.

Available Data Resources

Lists all the available business/report cubes in the current catalog, with which you can create the banded object.

Display screen

Specifies the fields to be displayed in the banded object. See the screen.

Resources

Displays all the cube elements in the selected business/report cube. To add a cube element to display in the banded object, select it and then click .

Display Fields

Lists the cube elements you have selected to display in the banded object. For an added cube element which you do not want, select it and then click .

Display Name

Specifies the display names of the added cube elements.

The downward order of the added elements determines the order of them displayed in the banded object from left to right. You can use the following two arrows to adjust the order.

Moves the selected cube element one step up.

Moves the selected cube element one step down.

Group screen

Specifies the fields to group the data in the banded object. See the screen.

Resources

Displays all the available dimension objects you can use to group the data in the banded object. To add a dimension object as a group field, select it and then click .

Group By

Lists all the dimension objects that have been added as the group fields. To cancel a dimension from being a group field, select it and then click .

Sort

Specifies the sort order for each group: Ascend, Descend, or No Sort.

The downward order of the added group fields determines the order of the groups in the banded object from first to last. You can use the following two arrows to adjust the order.

Moves the selected group one step up.

Moves the selected group one step down.

Summary screen

Specifies summary fields that calculate data based on a group or on the whole banded object. See the screen.

Resources

Displays all the available measure objects that can be used as summary fields. Summary fields can be added into a group or for the whole banded object. To add into a group, first select the group field in the right panel, then select the desired measure object in the left panel and click . To add for the whole banded object, first make sure no group field is selected, then select the desired measure and click .

Summarized Fields

Lists the groups that have been created in the banded object and the measure objects you have added to summarize data in the groups and for the whole banded object.

To cancel a measure object from being added as a summary field, select it in the right panel and click .

Display Name

Specifies the display names of the measure objects.

Moves the selected measure object one step up.

Moves the selected measure object one step down.

Query Filter screen

Specifies the filter which you want to apply to the selected business/report cube. See the screen.

In this screen, all the predefined filters of the business/report cube are listed in the Query Filter drop-down list. You can choose one of them to apply. If you prefer to define a filter on your own, select User Defined from the drop-down list, and then define it according to your requirements.

For details about options in the screen, refer to Query Filter dialog.

Style screen

Specifies the style of the banded object. This screen is hidden when there is only one style available to be applied to the banded object. See the screen.

Style

Lists all the available styles for you to select from.

Inherit Style

Specifies to take the style of the parent component. The option is available only when you specify to insert the banded object into another banded object.

Preview

Shows a preview of the banded object in the selected style.

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