About Discoverer's drag and drop features

When you are working in Discoverer, use the following drag and drop features:

• add items to a worksheet by dragging and dropping the item from the Available Items pane onto the worksheet (for more information, see "About dragging and dropping items in the Discoverer work area")

• reposition items on a worksheet by dragging and dropping items into position (for more information, see "About repositioning items in the Discoverer work area")

About dragging and dropping items in the Discoverer work area

As well as using the menus to add and remove items, you can drag and drop items on a worksheet. The example below shows how to add an item to a worksheet by dragging an item from the Available Items pane onto the worksheet.

Figure 5-2 Adding an item to a worksheet

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To remove a worksheet item, you can also drag and drop the item off the worksheet drag to anywhere outside of the worksheet area (except the Selected Items pane, if displayed).

About repositioning items in the Discoverer work area

As well as using the menus to add and remove items, you can reposition a worksheet item by dragging it from one area of the worksheet to another area of the worksheet. In the example below, the Department item is dragged from the left axis to the top axis.

Figure 5-3 Rearranging a worksheet item

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Note: Notice the black bar below the Profit SUM heading, which indicates where the item will be dragged to. You can also drop an item on top of another item to swap the positions of the two items (the target item is marked with a gray bar).

Dragging items to a different axis on a crosstab worksheet is known as pivoting (for more information, see "Pivoting data").