Visualizing Trends

How to:

Add a Column of Bar Graphs for a Numeric Measure

To make your reports more powerful, you can insert visual representations of selected data directly into the report output. These visual representations, which appear as a column of vertical or horizontal bar graphs adjacent to the numeric data, make relationships and trends among data more obvious.

You can apply data visualization graphs to selected measures from:

Context menus in the report itself.
This is the quickest way to apply data visualization bar graphs to numeric measures.
The Measures control in the Selections panel.
Check boxes in the Measures pane on the OLAP Control Panel.

Procedure: How to Add a Column of Bar Graphs for a Numeric Measure

The quickest way to apply data visualization graphics is from the report itself:

Right-click the title of a measure column.
Choose Visualize from the menu.

The report runs automatically, displaying a column of bar graphs following the selected measures column.

Tip: To remove the bar graphs, right-click the measure column title and choose Remove Visualize from the menu.