About the Grid Point of View

The grid point of view (POV) is the user point of view at the grid level. The grid POV enables you to specify the members for a dimension in a grid without placing the dimension on the row, column, or page intersection. This allows you to control or limit the selection of members available to users who view or print the report. Setting the grid POV prevents prompting for the user POV each time the report runs. After you specify a dimension in the grid POV, you can determine how viewers select members.

By default, the grid POV is set to use whatever dimensions are in the user POV. If one or more dimensions are needed to have a selection different than the user POV, you can select the dimension(s) for the grid POV, and the report will use the grid POV instead of the user POV.

Tip:

To improve report performance, do not use dimensions with only one member selected for the entire grid in a row, column, or page axis. Although it does not increase the potential cell count, it adds overhead to the entire query. Dimensions that are substitution variables or set to one member should be left in the POV. For point of view dimensions where the member can be changed by the end user, use the user POV. For point of view dimensions where the member will remain fixed at a specific selection, use the grid POV.