Selected Area

The Selected area shows the members to display in your report. In the report, the members are displayed in the same order as in the Selected area. You can insert a separate row or column in the grid for each member selected, or you can place them all in one row or column.

The following table shows commands to use in the Selected area. You access the commands by right-clicking inside the Selected area.

Table 6. Available Options Menu  

Command

Description

Sort

Select to open the Sort Items dialog box, where you can sort the list of selected items. See Sorting Members.

Select All

Select all members listed in the Selected area.

Edit Highlighted

Select to open the Edit Function dialog box, where you can you edit the member list or function. See Including a Member in a Function.

Preview

Select to open the Preview Items dialog box, where you can preview the items in the Selected area. See Previewing Selected Members.

Save

Select to open the Create List dialog box, where you can save the items in the Selected area, using a name and a description, as a user-defined member list. See Defining Member Lists.

Advanced

Select to specify relationships between items in a query. See Removing or Adding Members.

AutoSort

Select to perform a sort automatically when the view changes. Deselect to disable the automatic sort. This gives you the option to sort the list manually after you update a view.

AutoFit

Select to truncate the text in the columns so that all columns are displayed in the Selected area. Deselect to show scroll bars if the text in the columns does not fit within the Selected area.