Creating and Modifying Pivot Reports
Accessing Plan Analysis
To create or manage pivot layouts, a user can either:
Creating a New Pivot Report
To create a new pivot report:
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Select Load Report to initialise the report.
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Right-click anywhere within the report area and select Show Field Chooser.
The Field Chooser allows the user to select which data fields are displayed in the report.
Using the Field Chooser
Once the Field Chooser is visible:
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Fields can be added by ticking the relevant checkboxes, or
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Fields can be dragged and dropped into the Rows, Columns, or Values areas.
Select OK to apply the selected fields to the report.
The chosen fields will now appear in the pivot report and can be repositioned by dragging and dropping them into the desired order or section.
Saving a Pivot Layout
Once the report structure is finalised:
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Select Create New.
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Enter a Title and Description for the layout.
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Select Proceed to save.
If the Default Layout checkbox is selected, this layout will automatically be applied when generating new reports.
Pivot totals can also be enabled to display aggregate values within the report.
Modifying Existing Pivot Layouts
Existing pivot layouts can be amended to create variations:
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Select the Pivot Layouts drop-down menu.
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Choose Modify.
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Update the title, description, and selected data fields as required.
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Select Update to save the modified layout.
The updated layout will now be available for use in Plan Analysis reporting.