Jedox has a quite a unique way of building dynamic reports. In either Excel or File Manager on the web you can take advantage of Subsets. Subsets are what they say they are: a sub-set of elements from a particular dimension (set). They are dynamic and executed when the user runs the report. A couple of examples of what you can achieve with Subsets:
- Hide empty rows on a report (zero suppress)
- Show a dynamic Top 20 report, based on users selections
- Display children of a parent (that the user selects) as rows on a report
- Filter Elements on rows by their attributes
You can pretty much go crazy with Subsets. You can make a report completely dynamic based on what the user selects. Technically, subsets are spreadsheet array formulas, which means that you have to use the ctrl+enter to apply the subset to a range and shift+ctrl+enter to un-apply…
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