About Web Reports and Graphs

Description: Web reports

Web reports display multi-dimensional data in tabular format. You can open and work with reports that have been distributed to you by your administrator. If you are an analyst user, you can also create and save personal reports.

Example: Web report

The following illustration shows a Web report.

Description: Web graphs

Web graphs display multi-dimensional data in graphical format. You can open and work with graphs that have been distributed to you by your administrator. If you are an analyst user, you can also create and save personal graphs.

Types of graphs

The following list describes the types of graphs that are available in the Web interface.

Graph Type	Graph Subtypes	Description
Bar	Clustered Clustered Dual-Y Stacked	Compares data associated with different dimension values
Line	Absolute Absolute Dual-Y Stacked Stacked Dual-Y Percentage	Shows trends over time and emphasizes rates of change
Area	Absolute Stacked Percentage	Shows trends and emphasizes the degrees of change
3D	None	Isometric presentation of an area stacked graph, representing the same type of data, but from a different perspective
Single Pie	None	Shows part-to-whole relationships
Scatter	Dual-Y	Shows relationships between two measures

Example: Web graph

The following illustration shows a Web graph.

Opening a report or graph

Reports and graphs are displayed as objects in the navigation list, located in the left frame of your Web browser. Some reports and graphs might appear within individual folders, while others appear in the main Documents folder.

To open a report or graph, double-click its folder. Then double-click the document. Alternatively, you can right-click the document and choose Open from the popup menu.

Note: To search for a report or graph, right-click the main Documents folder or a specific document folder, choose Find Documents, and enter a name or name fragment. The search is case insensitive and will be limited to the selected folder.

Using the Document toolbar to work with reports and graphs

The Document toolbar appears at the top of an open report or graph in the Web interface. The toolbar buttons enable you to perform the following tasks:

Button	Name	Function
	Select Data	Select values from a list and access various data selection tools. Also sort selections.
	Apply Saved Selection	Replace the current values in the document with a saved selection of values.
	Change Layout	Change the layout of the report or graph. Note: Asymmetric reports that join a financial data item and a dimension do not support this function.
	Change Document Type	Change a report to a graph or a graph to a report. For a graph, you can also choose the graph type. Note: Asymmetric reports that join a financial data item and a dimension do not support this function.
	Export	Export data and labels from the report or graph to a comma delimited (.csv) or tab delimited (.txt) file.
	Format Number	For a report, specify number formats.
	Format Document	Specify title, subtitle, and footnote text for a report or graph. For a report, specify formats for data, rows, columns, and page labels. For a graph, specify formats for tick labels.
	Color Coding	For a report, define and apply color formats based on data conditions.
	Save As	Save the report or graph. Note: Only analyst users have access to this command.
	Copy to Clipboard	Copy selected data to the Windows clipboard.
	Print	Print the report or graph.
	Help	Display Financial Analyzer HTML Help.

Closing a report or graph

To close a report or graph, click its close button, located in the upper right corner.

If you are an analyst user, and you have modified the report or graph, you will be prompted to specify whether you want to save the document.