User manual BUSINESS OBJECTS LIVE OFFICE XI RELEASE 2 FOR WINDOWS

[. . . ] BusinessObjects Live Office XI Release 2 User's Guide BusinessObjects Live Office XI Release 2 Windows Patents Business Objects owns the following U. S. patents, which may cover products that are offered and sold by Business Objects: 5, 555, 403, 6, 247, 008 B1, 6, 578, 027 B2, 6, 490, 593 and 6, 289, 352. Business Objects, the Business Objects logo, Crystal Reports, and Crystal Enterprise are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects SA or its affiliated companies in the United States and other countries. All other names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. [. . . ] Selects all members at the lowest level. Move Selection Moves the selection from the parent member to the Down One Level children. Move Selection Up One Level Moves the selection from the child member to the parent. Save As Favorite Creates a new favorite group containing the selected members. You can select more than one member by holding down the SHIFT or CTRL key. Note: After you have used one of these commands, its symbol appears on the Select button on the toolbar so that you can choose it quickly. Using the Member Selector shortcut menu You can use the Member Selector shortcut menu to make selections quickly. The following commands are available: Select All Members at This Level Add Parent to Selection Selects all the members on this level of the hierarchy. You can choose from: · · · One level: Adds the immediate parents of the members you have selected. Use CTRL and SHIFT to select multiple levels. Live Office XI Release 2 User's Guide 71 6 Reorienting a Cube View Selecting row and column members Add Children to Selection Adds child members to the selection. You can choose from: · · · One level: Adds the immediate children of the members you have selected. All levels: Adds all children of the members you have selected. Add To Custom: Displays the Level Selector. Add the selections to an existing favorite group. You can select more than one member by holding down the SHIFT or CTRL key. Displaying a hierarchical or a flat view If a dimension contains a hierarchy, the Member Selector can either show the hierarchy, with its structure of groups and totals, or show all the members in the dimension. The flat view is displayed alphabetically and can be shown in descending or ascending order. To display a dimension in flat view Right-click a member and select Change View from the shortcut menu. Click the down-arrow button next to the dimension name to display the Member Selector. Select Sort Ascending from the menu to arrange the members into ascending alphabetical order. Select Sort Descending to reverse the order. The hierarchy is shown flattened--that is, with all the members in the dimension displayed at the same level. To display a dimension in hierarchical view Right-click a member and select Change View from the shortcut menu. Click the down-arrow button next to the dimension name to display the Member Selector. 72 Live Office XI Release 2 User's Guide Reorienting a Cube View Selecting row and column members 6 3. Select Hierarchy from the menu to display all the hierarchy levels. If a member is part of a hierarchy and its dimension is displayed in hierarchical view, a drill symbol appears next to the member name. A minus symbol enables you to collapse the hierarchy. Switching between dimension hierarchies Some cubes have more than one hierarchy. If this is the case, the Select Hierarchy button in the Member Selector is available. If the cube has more than one hierarchy, click the select hierarchy button to switch between hierarchies: Then select the hierarchy you want from the list. Using the Favorites folder If a dimension contains a large hierarchy with several levels, it can take time to find the members you want. If you use these members frequently, it saves time and effort to make a shortcut to them in the Favorites folder. [. . . ] If you select the "Display dimension names on Navigation bar buttons" check box, the dimension names are shown on the Business Objects Live Office toolbar. Clicking the dimension name opens the Member Selector for that dimension. Properties dialog box The Properties dialog box displays the properties for the selected View or the selected cell in the View. For details, see "Viewing report view properties" on page 52, "Viewing cube view properties" on page 62, or "Viewing web intelligence view properties" on page 124. Report View Expert The Report View Expert enables you to insert or modify a Report View. For details, see "Importing Data" on page 17 and "Modifying a Report View" on page 43. Report Viewer You can use the Report Viewer to select the parts of a report that you want to display in the Report View. [. . . ]