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Viewing Grid/Graphs as grids and graphs simultaneously

When you insert a Grid/Graph into a document, it is displayed as a grid (a standard MicroStrategy grid report with rows and columns of attributes and metrics) by default. You can choose to display the Grid/Graph as both a grid and a graph (which displays the data visually as in a standard MicroStrategy graph report) at the same time.

The grid and graph can be placed either side by side, or above and below each other by specifying the grid's location relative to the graph. You can also specify the ratio of the size of the grid to the size of the graph. For example, the grid can cover 75% of the size of the Grid/Graph, and the graph the remaining 25%. For examples, see the Document Creation Help.

Prerequisite

This procedure assumes that the document contains a Grid/Graph. For instructions to add a Grid/Graph, see Displaying reports in documents: Grid/Graphs.

To view a Grid/Graph as both a grid and a graph

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

  2. Click the Grid/Graph to select it. Resizing handles display around it.

    If red hashed lines appear around it, you are in edit mode. Press ESC to exit edit mode, then click the object once to select it.

  3. In the Property List: Appearance section, select Grid and Graph from the View mode drop-down list.

    The Width Mode and Height Mode properties are disabled when the View Mode is changed to Grid andGraph, since this mode always uses a fixed size.

  4. To control the placement of the grid relative to the graph, specify the Grid position property in the Property List: Appearance section. The options are:

    • Top, which means the grid is displayed on top of the graph

    • Bottom, which means the grid displays below the graph

    • Left, which means the grid is displayed to the left of the graph

    • Right, which means the grid is displayed to the right of the graph

  5. By default, the grid and the graph each cover half of the area of the Grid/Graph. You can change the ratio of the width or height of the window that the grid uses, by changing the Grid area percent property in the Property List: Appearance section. This property defines how much of the control the grid uses. For example, if the Grid area percent is set to 75, the grid covers 75% of the control, and the graph the remaining 25%.

    • If the Grid position is set to Top or Bottom, this property represents the height percentage.

    • If the Grid position is set to Left or Right, this property represents the width percentage.

  6. Click anywhere outside of the Grid/Graph so that it is no longer selected.

For more information on other formatting properties of the Grid/Graph, see Formatting Grid/Graphs.