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Adding objects to Grid/Graphs

If you create an empty Grid/Graph in a document, you need to populate it with objects. These objects are the attributes, consolidations, custom groups, hierarchies, and metrics in a dataset report. You can add objects easily if the Grid/Graph is displayed as a grid and is in edit mode.

Attribute forms

You can select which attribute forms to add to the Grid/Graph.

  • If you use an attribute form that is later removed from the original report, that attribute form is no longer displayed on the Grid/Graph in the document.

  • If all the attribute forms used on the Grid/Graph are removed from the original report, the Grid/Graph displays the attribute ID.

  • If the attribute itself is removed from the original report, it is also removed from the Grid/Graph.

Grid/Graphs and dataset reports

You can add additional objects to a Grid/Graph that already contains objects. However, a Grid/Graph can contain objects from only one dataset report; you cannot combine objects from different dataset reports in the same Grid/Graph.

To change the dataset report with which a Grid/Graph is associated, use the Data source property in the Data area of the Property List.

Prerequisite

This procedure assumes that you have added a Grid/Graph to the document. For instructions on adding Grid/Graphs, see Displaying reports in documents: Grid/Graphs.

To add objects to a Grid/Graph

  1. Open a document in the Document Editor. How?

  2. Double-click the Grid/Graph to enter edit mode. A red hashed border displays around the Grid/Graph, and the menu options and toolbar change.

    If the Edit icon is displayed in the upper left corner of the Grid/Graph, you can click the icon to enter edit mode.

  3. Drag dataset objects from the Datasets pane onto the Grid/Graph and drop them as desired.

    • You cannot combine objects from different dataset reports in the same Grid/Graph.

    • If the object creates a text field on top of the Grid/Graph, the Grid/Graph is not in edit mode. Undo the addition by pressing CTRL+Z, then double-click the Grid/Graph to enable edit mode and try again.

  4. To exit edit mode, press ESC.