Content Settings

Settings

Description

Mandatory

Begin and End

Select a List containing the Dimension-Members for the Start/Reference and the End/Base of the Bridge (e.g. Budget and Actual)

Yes

Calculate Movements

Specify if the movement of the bridge should be calculated .When the movements are not calculated the values shown will be retrieved from the data

Yes

Movements

Select a List which contains the Bridge movement values for the calculation of the Movements that explain the difference between Base and Reference (e.g., Child-Entities, Products, Sub-Accounts). The Movements-list can also be a dynamic list. The sum of the Movements (Main Entity, Product Group, Main Account) should be specified in the Dimension Settings of the Report or in an Item Selector connected to the Bridge to insure the movements equal the difference between Base and Reference.

Yes

Labels, Formats and Colors Settings

Settings	Description	Mandatory
Title	Title of the Bridge	No
Label Difference	In a Bridge chart, the sum of the movements or variance components sometimes do not exactly explain the difference between the current period and a previous period or between Actual and Budget (e.g., due to Intercompany transactions). The remainder is put in an Other category. With this parameter we can label this Other category.	Yes
Labels Format	Select the format for the axis labels can be chosen from the /wiki/spaces/CXO/pages/2806776298 list	Yes
Data Label Format	A format for the data labels can be chosen from the /wiki/spaces/CXO/pages/2806776298 list	Yes
Labels Intersect Action	Select an action to be done in order to prevent overlapping of the X-axis labels (MultipleRows, None, Rotate, Wrap).	Yes
Rotate Labels	If Labels Intersect Action is set to Rotate, then select the desired orientation for the labels.	Yes
Scale	This defines the /wiki/spaces/CXO/pages/2806776400 used in the report. It can be overruled by the scaling in the Lists.	Yes
Precision	Defines the number of decimals used for presenting the number. Options are 0-6. Similar to the Scale setting, The Precision setting is the default for all data in the report, but can be overruled by a specific (not -1) precision in the List.	Yes

Variance Settings

Settings	Description	Mandatory
Use Variance Coloring	Use different colors for positive and negative movements	No
Breakdown Sorting	Allows the control and sort sequence of variances. Select the appropriate option from the predefined list.	Yes

Other Settings

Settings	Description	Mandatory
Zoomed View	Select Yes if you want to open the report in a zoomed view.	Yes
Show Gridlines	Select Yes if you want to show Gridlines.	Yes
Orientation	Select Horizontal (Bridge item labels on X-axis) or Vertical (Bridge item labels on Y-axis).	Yes
Show Other	Show the "Other" Movements explained in 5. Label Difference or not	Yes
Hide Y axis	Set to Yes if you do not want Y axis numbers to be displayed on the chart	Yes
Allow POV Change	Specify if you want to allow the clicks in the chart or table to change the POV. This setting will be ignored if you don't enable the clickable charts or rows.	Yes

Subtotals in Bridge

There is the option to create a subtotal in the bridge.

Set the Item Type in the movement list to Subtotal

Next thing is to set the start of the subtotal to determine where the bar of the bridge should start counting of.

See Also

Free Format Report

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