Navigation Methods

Web Analysis Studio navigation methods include:

Navigation

Description

Method

Swapping and Moving Dimensions

Swap—Switches the placement of two dimensions.

Move—Relocates a dimension on document axes.

Swap—Drag a dimension onto another dimension.

Move—Drag a dimension from one position to another position.

Paging

Maintains the dimensions on the row and column axes, while changing their intersection with dimensions that differ on the Page axis.

Click or scroll the Page Control panel.

Keep Only

Deselects all other dimension member selections for the selected Dimension, leaving only the selected member.

Right-click a dimension member header, and select Keep Only from the shortcut menu.

Remove Only

Deselects the selected member, removing it from the query result set.

Right-click a dimension member header, and select Remove Only from the shortcut menu.

Drilling

Increases or decreases the level of dimension detail by including or excluding members of the dimensional hierarchy in the display.

Double-click dimension member headers. You can customize the drilling behavior.

Drill Linking

Navigates to other documents or executables.

Click the linked cell to pass the selected cell and the dimension context to another document or data object.

Dragging

Uses the Information panel to rearrange the data object in the content area.

Drag objects on the Information panel.

Undo and Redo

Undo reverses the last executed command, and returns the display to its previous state.

Redo reverses the negation of the last command.

Select Edit, then Undo. You can select to undo the last ten executed commands.

Select Edit, then Redo. You can select to redo the last ten executed commands.

Custom Controls

You can define document navigation using controls in custom documents.

Drag a component onto a custom document, and associate a data source or behavior with it. See Creating Subscription Controls.

It is important to differentiate these navigation methods: