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Introduction

A pick list is a list building block that can be to file item selectors. Item selectors appear on many reports and can contain calculated items as well.

Example:

CONTENT

Table of Contents

Depending on the list dimension chosen for a specific list, the first column(s) will be the dimension(s) which is chosen for each item. In the example above, that is the Account dimension.

List Attributes

Basic Attributes

List Attribute

Default

Description

Empty

No

Empty lines will not be visible, if you set this attribute to yes.

CommentNon/a

Visible

Yes

By setting this attribute to no, the line will be hidden. Hiding an item can be useful for a calculation step in a formula.

Custom Description

Empty

The custom description overrides the default generated name. You can use either a fixed text or a Dynamic Label Expression

Formula

Empty

By specifying a formula this item will be calculated.

Format

Default Format

The /wiki/spaces/CXO/pages/2806776298 can be used to override scaling and precision.

Order

Max + 1

Use the order attribute to reorder the items.

Advanced Attributes

List Attribute

Default

Description

Header Format

Default

The header /wiki/spaces/CXO/pages/2806776298 defines how the column header should be formatted.

Reverse Valuation

No

When this attribute is set to yes, the Valuation will be reversed. This means negative becomes positive and the other way around. Changing the valuation will influence the variance coloring.

Reverse Sign

No

When this attribute is set to yes, the sign will be flipped.

Insert Data Label in Chart

No

When this attribute is set to yes, the data labels will be included into the chart

Variance Threshold

Empty

Threshold value for the Variance (e.g., Actual vs. Budget). If the Variance is less than this Threshold, then a neutral variance color is used (Orange). Otherwise Red (indicating an unfavorable variance) or Green (favorable variance) is used. Use e.g. -200;300 for an absolute threshold or -10%;20% for a relative threshold.