Select element

Depending on the type of analysis or chart that you selected, you can select single or multiple elements from the hierarchy.

Consolidated elements can be expanded to display their children. You can select consolidated elements, base elements, or both. Consolidated elements are those that contain one or more child elements. For example, Year is typically a consolidated element, with children which are also consolidated elements, such as Quarters, Months, and Weeks. Base elements are those with no children, or with no parent and no children. In this example, Day would typically be a base element.

The Select Element dialog box toolbar has these options:

• Find field: Search for a specific phrase within the elements of the selected hierarchy.
• Filter icon: Click to narrow your search.
• Filter in previous result icon: Click to narrow your previous search criteria. This is only enabled after you clear your filter selection.
• Reset Filter icon: Click to clear your search criteria and display the top level of the hierarchy.
  Note: If you select any elements, resetting the filter does not clear your element selection.
• Find Next icon: Click to move to the next element that meets the search criteria.
• Find Previous icon : Click to move to the previous element that meets your search criteria.
• Use Check Boxes icon: Click to enable multi-selection in the hierarchy.