Lesson: Applying Visual Cues to LROs

To recognize cells with linked reporting objects attached to them, you can apply a visual cue, or style, to the cells.

  To apply styles:

  1. Select Essbase, and then Options.

  2. In Style, under Data Cells, select Linked Objects.

  3. Click Format.

  4. From Font style, select Italic.

  5. From Color, select Purple, and then click OK.

  6. Select Display.

  7. In Cells, select Use Styles, and then click OK.

  8. Select Essbase, and then Retrieve.

    Cell D5 (the cell to which you just attached the linked file) is now displayed in purple, italic font. Essbase refreshes the worksheet with the other options set in the Essbase Options dialog box.

    Result of applying a style to an LRO cell.

Leave the file (Asymm.xls) open for the next tutorial task.