Opening the Points of View Screen

The Points of View screen enables you to create, modify, and delete POVs.

To display the Points of View screen using the Navigator menu:

  1. On the Home page, click Menu icon, and then select Points of View.

    The Points of View screen lists all available POVs.

    Figure 7-1 Points of View Screen


    The Points of View screen is used to add, modify or delete POVs for the currently selected application.
  2. Use the Actions menu and buttons to perform the following actions:

    Table 7-1 POV Management Actions

    Actions Menu Option Button Details
    Create Point of View Add POV button Creating POVs
    Delete Point of View Delete POV button Deleting POVs and All Artifacts
    Change Point of View State Change POV State button Modifying the POV State
    Clear Point of View Clear POV button Clearing Selected Artifacts from POVs
    Copy Point of View Copy POV button Copying POVs

    Note:

    You can perform similar actions on the Execution Control screen. To display it, on the Home page, click Models, and then Execution Control.

  3. Optional: Use the View menu and buttons to perform the following tasks:
    • Columns—Show all or selected dimension columns

    • Detach and Attach the table of POVs, Float or dock the table of POVs

    • Reorder Columns—Use the arrow controls to move the selected dimension column toward the beginning or end of the POV table

    • Query By Example—Select to filter data using Query by Example (QBE), Query By Example button:

      • Click Query By Example, Query By Example button.

      • Enter the first few letters of the target value in one or more QBE fields that appear above each data column.

      • Click Query By Example button again.

        Only matching members are displayed. To show all members again, follow these steps and clear all fields.