Working with the Book Designer

About Book Point of View

The Book Point of View (POV) specifies members for dimensions that are not defined on report grids, or in report, Book or Section POVs.

As a Book designer, you can set up the POV for the Book viewers by performing the following:

• You can define one or more POV members for each dimension for the Book viewer to select when running or executing the book.

• You can allow the Book viewer to select any member in the dimension.

• You can lock a dimension selection for Book viewers to a single member selection.

• You can hide one or more dimensions from the Book viewer.

When previewing the Book, you can change the POV and run the Book for a specific member selection.

Book Point of View Settings

Default Setting: The dimension's default state when no member selections or options have been set for a POV dimension.

Selecting Multiple Members: While you are in Book edit mode, you can select multiple members for a dimension. You can use functions to define a list of members for the Book viewer to select at the time of book execution. For example: Children of Total Entities.

Locking or Limiting User Selections: You can use the Display Suggestions Only or Allow All Members options to either lock the selections, so that a Book viewer cannot select any other members, or you can enable the Book viewers to select members other than the ones that are defined.

Hide Dimension: You can use this option to hide the POV from Book viewers. One member must be selected for each dimension.