Why does changing dimensions in the User POV have no affect on the grid?

Multiple grids can be included in a report, where one or more of the grids is affected by changes to the dimensions in the user POV.

In Figure 5, Multiple Grids in One Report, the two grids look identical, but have different values for Measures and Year.

Figure 5.  Multiple Grids in One Report

Multiple Grids in one Report

If you go back to the Report client and turn on the grid POV, you see that the members for Product, Market, and Scenario have been set for Grid 2. Thus, changing these dimensions in the Report Designer has no effect on Grid 2.

It is useful for the designer of the report to indicate the user of page dimensions in a text box or in row/column headers.

Figure 6. Grid POV Enabled

Grid POV Enabled