Data Layout Options

The bottom of the Data Layout dialog box enables you to specify server-based options in the query:

Option

Description

Default Label Mode

Sets all dimensions using the default label mode to:

  • Descriptions—Current alias table specified by database preferences

  • IDs—Unique ID label

  • Both—When using Oracle Hyperion Financial Management, Fusion Edition, you can specify ID and Description simultaneously

Use Point of View

Enables and disables the active POV definition defined on the current database connection.

Retrieve Only Top/Bottom

Displays the Retrieve Only Top/Bottom dialog box, used to limit and rank the query result set.

Restrict Data

Displays the Restrict Data dialog box, used to restrict the query result set based on criteria.

Show Linked Reporting Object Indicators

Shows/Hides the orange triangle symbols that indicate Related Content definitions in Essbase.

Suppress

Omits components, as selected, from the query result set:

  • Missing Columns—Columns of data comprised of missing values

  • Missing Rows—Rows of data comprised of missing values

  • Shared Members—Dimension members that are used in multiple locations of one hierarchy

  • Zero Rows—Rows of data comprised of zero data values

Display Entity Currency

When using an Financial Management data source with defined Entity dimension currency information, you can enable the Display Entity Currency option, to append the Entity dimension members with their currency value. This can be set before querying using Data Layout options, after querying using the Data Display shortcut menu, and for all subsequently created documents using OLAP Server preferences. See Financial Management.

Use User Point of ViewSelecting it adds a member selection to the Dim Browser for every dimension in the ReportDataSrc. The selected members in the User POV are utilized in the spreadsheet.