Selecting Members for the Grid Point of View

On the grid point of view (POV) bar you can select members for dimensions that are not used in rows, columns, or the page axis. The members defined on the POV bar complete the criteria used to retrieve data for the grid. Each POV dimension can contain only one member.

Oracle recommends excluding dimensions with security on it in the Grid POV since it may cause unexpected results for end users.

  To select a POV member for the grid POV:

  1. Open a report.

  2. To display the grid POVs, select Grid Point of View from the Grid Properties sheet.

  3. On the grid POV, click on a dimension to display the Select Members dialog box.

  4. In the Select Members dialog box, each dimension in displayed on a separate tab. Select the dimension listed on the tab, then select an associated member. Repeat for all dimension on the tabs.

  5. Select Members Changed During Related Content Link to change the Grid POV members during a Related Content link to a report which has dimensions on the Grid POV.

  6. Click OK. The members are displayed on the grid POV.