Report Services Document Analysis Guide - MicroStrategy

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Analyzing Documents in MicroStrategy Web Report Services Document Analysis Guide
e From the Sort by drop-down list, select the attribute form or metric
to use to sort data.
f Do one of the following:
• To sort the data in ascending order, select Ascending.
• To sort the data in descending order, select Descending.
g Specify additional sorting criteria using the appropriate steps above.
h Click OK to apply changes.
To filter data based on the value of a metric
Prerequisite
To filter data, you must have the Web Use View Filter Editor privilege.
1 Open the document in Flash Mode.
2 Hover the cursor over the header of the metric that you want to use to
filter data. The pop-up menu icon is displayed in the top right.
3 Click the pop-up menu icon . The pop-up menu is displayed.
4 Point to Filter, then specify the conditions to use to filter the data by
typing a metric value in the appropriate field:
• To display only data for the top x values, type a number in the Top
field. For example, you can filter data to display only the top 5 store
locations based on revenue. You can also enter a value followed by %,
such as 5%, to display the top x% of data.
• To display only data for a specified number of the lowest values, type a
number in the Bottom field. For example, you can filter data to
display only the three stores with the lowest costs. You can also enter a
value followed by %, such as 5%, to display the bottom x% of data.
• To display only data equal to a specific value, type a number in the =
field. For example, you can display data only for an employee whose
tenure is exactly 40 years.
• To display data with a value greater than or equal to a specified value,
type a number in the At least field. For example, you can display data
only from product categories in which 1,000,000 or more units were
sold.
78 Opening and interacting with a document in MicroStrategy Web © 2012 MicroStrategy, Inc.