About the work area

The work area is where you will do most of your analysis work with Discoverer. The work area displays the current worksheet and tabs for other worksheets in the current workbook. Discoverer's navigation facilities make it easy to find your way around workbooks and worksheets to find the information you want.

Figure 5-1 The Discoverer work area

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Key to figure:
a. Menu bar. Click on a menu item (e.g. File) to display the menu options.
b. Standard toolbar. To display toolbars, choose View | Toolbars and choose the toolbar to display.
c. Available Items Pane (also referred to as the Discoverer item navigator), showing the folders and items in the selected business area. To display the Available Items Pane, choose View | Available Items Pane.
d. Selected Items Pane, showing the items included in the worksheet and graph area. To display the Selected Items Pane, choose View | Selected Items Pane.
e Tabs for worksheets in the workbook. Click on another worksheet tab to display that worksheet.
f. Worksheet title area (also referred to as the worksheet header). To display the worksheet title area, choose View | Title.
g. Page items area. To display the page items area, choose View | Page Items.
h. Worksheet and graph area. To display the worksheet area, choose View | Table (on a table worksheet or View | Crosstab (on a crosstab worksheet). To view the worksheet graph area, choose View | Graph. The graph can be positioned as required (e.g. above, below, to the right of the worksheet area).
i. Worksheet text area (also referred to as the worksheet footer). To display the worksheet text area, choose View | Text Area.
j. Business area list, showing the business areas you can access.

You can analyze data in the Discoverer work area in different ways:

• using drag and drop (for more information, see "About Discoverer's drag and drop features"

• using menus (for more information, see "About Discoverer menus"

• using toolbars (for more information, see "About Discoverer toolbars"

• using the worksheet wizard (for more information, see "What is the Discoverer Worksheet Wizard?"