data area

A defined slice of data that you use, for example, for filtering. In a report you might return data from one slice of the database only where data in another slice (data area) meets certain criteria. For example, you might return unit sales in one year only where the gross margin in another year is above a specified threshold. In Application Studio the data area is a section of the List Designer. The data area is enabled when you sort or filter data and select Value as the sort or filter type. In the Data Area you define the slice of data to filter or sort.