14 Using totals

This chapter explains how to use Discoverer Plus Relational's totals to answer typical business questions. For example, what is the total sales figure for January? This section contains the following topics:

• "What are totals?"

• "About totals on worksheets"

• "About SUM and Cell SUM"

• "When to use SUM instead of Cell SUM"

• "When to use Cell SUM instead of SUM"

• "About migrating workbook totals to OracleBI Discoverer"

• "What are aggregated values in Discoverer"

• "What are linear and non-linear totals"

• "About choosing aggregation options"

• "How to display or hide totals"

• "How to create totals"

• "How to edit totals"

• "How to delete totals"

• "Examples of totals"

• "Examples of worksheet aggregation in Discoverer"