Lesson: Applying Styles to Dimension Members

You can apply styles to members of a dimension in a database. Applying styles to dimensions enables you to easily view the various dimension members in Spreadsheet Add-in.

  To apply styles to dimensions:

  1. Select Essbase, and then Options.

  2. In Style, under Dimensions, select Year.

  3. Select Cell Border to create a border around each cell containing a member from the selected dimension.

  4. From Background Color, select Yellow.

  5. Click Format to the right of Dimensions.

    The Font dialog box is displayed.

  6. From Font style, select Bold, and then click OK.

    An example of the selected style is displayed in the Sample box.

  7. From the list of dimensions, select Measures, and from Background Color, select Fuchsia.

  8. From the list of dimensions, select Product, and clear Cell Border.

  9. From Background Color, select Aqua.

  10. Scroll down the list of dimensions, and select Market.

  11. Select Cell Border, and then click Format to the right of Dimensions.

  12. When Font is displayed, from Font style, select Italic, and then click OK.

  13. From the list of dimensions, select Scenario, and from Background Color, select Red.

  14. Click Format, and from Background Color, select White.

  15. Click OK twice to return to the worksheet.

  16. In cell D1, drill down (double-click) on Market.

  17. Press Alt and drill down (double-click) on Scenario in cell E1.

  18. Select Essbase, and then Retrieve.

    Essbase redisplays the worksheet and implements the newly defined styles. For example, members of the Scenario dimension are displayed with a red background.

    Dimensions with styles applied.

User Reference

Changing Dimension Member Fonts and Colors