Setting Up a Grid Point of View

To set up a grid point of view:

  1. In the Report Designer, select the top left cell of the grid to select the entire grid.
  2. Do one of the following:.
    • Right-click the grid, and then select Grid Point of View Setup.

    • In Grid Properties, click Grid POV button.

  3. In the Setup Grid POV dialog box:
    • For each dimension, define whether the grid point of view will include all members in the dimension or an individual member.

      The default is to include all members for each dimension. To define an individual member for a dimension, click Lookup Member button, and then select a member from the Select Members dialog box. If you have an individual member selected and wish to return to the setting to include all members, click All Members button.

    • Select Show Dimension Name to show the dimension name in the grid point of view.

    • Select Show Member Name to show the member name in the grid point of view.

    • Select Show Alias to show alias names in the grid point of view. If you select Show Alias, select an option for how to display the alias.

  4. Click OK to save the information for the grid point of view.