In ad hoc analysis, if you are familiar with the dimensions and members of your database, you can use free-form mode by typing dimension and member names directly into cells. You can still use the POV and member selection and other ad hoc operations in free-form grids.
The graphic in this section shows the Smart View grid components. In the example Smart View grid, the Row dimensions are to the left and to the bottom of the Column dimensions. The Page dimensions can occur anywhere in the rows above the Column dimensions (applies to Essbase only).
The components of the Smart View grid are described in Table 17.