24.
Click the
OK button at the bottom of the Edit Chart Value dialog, to dismiss
the dialog with our settings.
We are
returned to the Data tab of the Chart Properties dialog. Next we
will work with the Category groups area of the tab, just under
the Values area. Categories are displayed as columns or groups
of columns on the X-axis. Multiple groups are nested, as we shall
see within our current practice example.
25.
Click the Add...
button to the right of the Category groups list box, found
immediately underneath the Values list box with which we worked above.
The Grouping
and Sorting Properties dialog appears, defaulted to the General tab.
26.
Type (or cut
and paste) the following into the Name box, atop the General tab:
chart1_Cat1_Year
27.
Click the top
row of the Expression box within the Group on section that
appears just underneath the Name box, to enable the selector button (the
downward-pointing arrow) on the right side of the box.
28.
Select =Fields!Calendar_Year.Value
from the options that appear, as depicted in Illustration 26.
Illustration 26: Select =Fields!Calendar_Year.Value
in the Top Row of the Expression List ...
As we
have no input for the Filters or Data Output tabs (which resemble
their counterparts in other areas of the Report Designer, as we have,
and shall, see), within the context of this newly added group, and as we intend
to leave the Sorting at the settings naturally found within the cube
structure (the Calendar Years will sort in numerical order), we will
accept our input at this stage.
The Grouping
and Sorting Properties dialog appears, with our modifications, as shown in Illustration
27.
Illustration 27: The Grouping
and Sorting Properties Dialog with Our Modifications
29.
Click the
OK button at the bottom of the Grouping and Sorting Properties
dialog, to save our settings and to dismiss the dialog.
We are
returned to the Data tab of the Chart Properties dialog. Next we
will add another Category group to our report.
30.
Click the Add...
button to the right of the Category groups list box, just as we
did before.
The Grouping
and Sorting Properties dialog appears, once again, defaulted to the General
tab.
31.
Type the
following into the Name box, atop the General tab:
chart1_Cat2_Territory
32.
Click the top
row of the Expression box within the Group on section, once
again, to enable the selector button (the downward-pointing arrow) on the right
side of the box.
33.
Select =Fields!Sales_Territory_Group.Value
from the options that appear, as depicted in Illustration 28.
Illustration 28: Select
=Fields!Sales_Territory_Group.Value in the Top Row of the Expression List ...
The Grouping
and Sorting Properties dialog appears, with our modifications, as shown in Illustration
29.
Illustration 29: The
Grouping and Sorting Properties Dialog with Our Modifications
As we
have no input for the Filters or Data Output tabs within the
context of this newly added group, and as we intend to leave the Sorting
at the settings naturally found within the cube structure (the Territory
Groups will sort in alphabetical order), we will accept our input at this
stage, just as we did with the previously added Category group, chart1_Cat1_Year.
34.
Click the
OK button at the bottom of the Grouping and Sorting Properties dialog,
to save our settings and to dismiss the dialog.
We are
returned to the Data tab of the Chart Properties dialog, once
again. Our next step will be to add another group – this time a Series
group. Series are displayed as individual columns in the chart.
Each series is also displayed in the chart legend. At this
point, we will add a Series group to contain the Sales Reason (Manufacturer,
On Promotion, Price, etc.) that is associated with the grouped Internet
Sales totals that the report will present.
35.
Click the Add...
button to the right of the Series groups list box, just as we did
in making our two Category groups entries earlier.
The Grouping
and Sorting Properties dialog appears, once again, defaulted to the General
tab.
36.
Type (or cut
and paste) the following into the Name box, atop the General tab:
chart1_Series1_Reason
37.
Click the top
row of the Expression box within the Group on section, yet again,
to enable the selector button (the downward-pointing arrow) on the right side
of the box.
38.
Select =Fields!Sales_Reason.Value
from the options that appear, as depicted in Illustration 30.
Illustration 30: Select =Fields!Sales_Reason.Value in the Top Row of the Expression List ...
The Grouping
and Sorting Properties dialog appears, with our modifications, as shown in Illustration
31.
Illustration 31: The
Grouping and Sorting Properties Dialog with Our Modifications
Because
we again have no input for the Filters or Data Output tabs within
the context of this newly added group, and as we intend to leave the Sorting
at the settings naturally found within the cube structure (the Sales Reasons
will sort in alphabetical order), we will accept our input at this stage, just
as we did with the previously added Category groups, chart1_Cat1_Year
and chart1_Cat2_Territory.
39.
Click the
OK button at the bottom of the Grouping and Sorting Properties
dialog, to save our settings and to dismiss the dialog.
40.
We return to
the Data tab, once again, which appears, with our Values, Category
groups, and Series groups settings, as depicted in Illustration 32.
Illustration 32: Chart
Properties Dialog Box – Data Tab with Our Settings
We will
move to the X Axis tab in the subsection that follows.
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