27. Click the Layout tab.
28. From the Toolbox, drag a matrix
data region to the Layout tab, as depicted in Illustration 21.
Illustration 21: Adding
a Matrix Data Region ...
NOTE: If the Toolbox is not visible, in the View
menu, select Toolbox.
The matrix
appears on the report canvas, as shown in Illustration 22.
Illustration 22: The
Matrix Appears on the Report Canvas
29. Within the Datasets window,
expand RS033_LAUNCH_Data by clicking the "+" sign to its
immediate left.
NOTE: If the Datasets window is not visible, select Datasets
in the View menu.
The
data fields within RS033_LAUNCH_Data appear in the Datasets
window, as depicted in Illustration 23.
Illustration 23: The
Data Fields Appear within the Datasets Window
30. From the Datasets window,
drag the Sales_Territory_Group field into the bottom left corner of the
new matrix data region (the box watermarked "Rows"), as
shown in Illustration 24.
Illustration 24:
Dragging the First Data Field into the Matrix Data Region
31. Drag the Fiscal_Year field
into the top right corner of the new matrix data region (the box
watermarked "Columns").
32. Drag the Growth_in_Customer_Base
field into the bottom right corner of the new matrix (the box
watermarked "Data").
33. Click the upper left corner box of
the matrix data region to make the gray column and row borders appear,
if necessary.
34. Right-click the upper left corner
of the gray border, as depicted in Illustration 25.
Illustration 25:
Right-click the Upper Left Corner of the Matrix Border
The gray borders become a lighter, opaque single-line
border, as the context menu appears.
35. Click Properties ... on the
context menu, as shown in Illustration 26.
Illustration 26: Select
Properties ... from the Context Menu
The Matrix
Properties dialog appears, defaulted to the General tab.
36. Click the Groups tab.
The Groups tab reveals the presence of two default Group
templates, as depicted in Illustration 27.
Illustration 27: Two
Default Groups Appear on the Group Tab
The Matrix Properties dialog is dismissed and we
return to Layout view.
38. Click the upper left corner box of
the matrix data region, to cause the gray column and row borders to
appear, once again, if necessary.
39. Click the gray bar atop the
leftmost column of the matrix, to highlight the column.
40. Holding down the SHIFT key,
click the bar atop the second column, so as to highlight both columns.
41. Click the Center button in
the toolbar, atop the design environment.
42. Select "8" in the
Font Size selector in the toolbar, to the left of the "Center"
button, as depicted in Illustration 28.
Illustration 28: Highlight Both
Columns, Center Their Contents, and Change the Font to "8"
43. Right-click the bottom right box
in the matrix, currently containing the expression =Sum(Fields!Growth_in_Customer_Base.Value).
44. Select Properties in the
context menu that appears, as shown in Illustration 29.
Illustration 29: Select "Properties"
from the Context Menu ...
The Textbox
Properties dialog opens, defaulted to the General tab, as depicted
in Illustration 30.
Illustration 30: The Textbox
Properties Dialog Opens
45. Select the Format tab.
46. Type a "P" in the
Format code box, in the upper left section of the Format tab, as
shown in Illustration 31.
Illustration 31: Type "P"
into the Format Code Box
Here we are assigning
a "percentage" format to the value within the textbox.
47. Click OK to accept our
input, and to dismiss the Textbox Properties dialog.
This is as
far as we need to go for purposes of designing a basic launch report. Let’s
preview the report, so as to get a feel for its fitness for our objectives.
48.
Click the Preview
tab.
49. Using the parameter selector box,
labeled Date.Fiscal Year, place a check mark alongside FY2004, as
depicted in Illustration
32.
Illustration 32: Select FY2004 as
the Filter ...
50.
Click the View
Report button to execute our new report.
RS033_LAUNCH_Country_CustBase.rdl executes, and appears as shown in
Illustration 33.
Illustration 33: The
Report Appears, Presenting FY2004 Data
We now
have a basic OLAP report, which will act as the launch point for our drillthrough
settings later. We might certainly "dress up" the report for
deployment in a business scenario, but this design will serve us adequately for
the subsequent exercises.
51. Click the Layout tab to
return the report to design mode.
52. Leave the report open, for easy access
in later steps.
We will
next create our target reports, and then modify all the reports as a group to
enable them to interact via conditional drillthrough.
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