Introduction

This template is the most widely used and appreciated template in CXO-Cockpit. It is mostly used for classic statements such as a profit and loss and balance sheet, with drill-down to the underlying detail. Upon selection of a line, the right top pane shows the trend over a number of time periods. Upon the selection of a column in the trend, the bottom section gives the detail with drill down to any dimension available.

Settings

The Report Settings define the look & feel and behavior of a report.

CONTENT

Explanation regarding the General Settings, Point of View & Dimensions and Comments Settings can be found in Report Settings.

Content Settings

Setting	Description	Mandatory
Rows	This list defines the rows of the report and influences most of the look and feel of the report. All list formatting options are supported.	Yes
Default Selected Row	Indicates the Item from the List that will be selected / highlighted upon opening of the report. If none is selected, the last row will be highlighted.	No
Reference Categories	A list of items that will be used as Reference Categories in the report. Each item can be a combination of members from the dimensions associated with the list (usually Category, Year and/or Period. Formulas are not allowed.	Yes
Side Trend	List of items that determines the X-axis of the trend in the Side Trend (usually associated with the Year and the Period dimension).	Yes
Default Breakdown Dimension	The Breakdown dimension which will be displayed.	Yes
Exclude from Breakdown	This attribute allows excluding dimension from the report dimension breakdown list.	No

Labels, Formats and Colors

Setting	Description	Mandatory
Label Base Category	Dynamic Label that can combine the description of dimension-members and free text. The member-description can be obtained by putting the 3-character dimension abbreviation between square brackets (e.g., [CAT] for the Category dimension). Note: When using free text, don't use the "[" or "]" characters as these are reserved for Dynamic Label Expressions.	Yes
Palette	Color Palette allows you to customize colors displayed in a report	Yes
Replace Blanks By	Enter a character or string that you want to see instead of missing values.	No
Scale	This defines the scaling used in the report. Options are: Unchanged (no scaling), Thousands, Millions, Billions, Percentage. The last option multiplies the amount by 100 to show for example an amount of 0.75 from the source as '75%' in the CXO-Cockpit. The scale setting is the default for all data in the report, but can be overruled by a specific (non-default) scaling in the Member List.	Yes
Precision	This defines the number of decimals used for presenting the number. Options are 0-12. 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 Member list.	Yes
Left Footer Text	Enter a text that will appear in the lower left part of the report. This is dynamic label where you can use dimension values like [VAL] or one or more of the listed static indicators.	Yes

Variance

Setting	Description	Mandatory
Variance Style	The variance style has the following options: Arrow, Background, Bar, BarAndValue, Border, Font, None, TrafficLight, TrendArrow.	Yes
Show Variance as Better/Worse	Better/Worse variance representation can be used to display positive variance with positive sign and negative variance with minus sign.	Yes
Default Selected Variance	Enter Variance % if you want to open the report with a variance percentage column. Enter Variance if you want the absolute variance as a default view.	No
Variance Percentage Precision	Defines the number of decimals used for presenting the Variance Percentage values.	Yes
Variance Threshold	Threshold value for the Variance (e.g., Actual vs. Budget). If the Variance is less than the 1st threshold value, then Red (indicating an unfavorable variance) is used. If the Variance is greater than the 2nd threshold value, then Green (favorable variance) is used. And if Variance is between the 2 threshold values, Orange (neutral variance) is used. Use, for example, -200;300 for absolute thresholds or -10%;20% for relative thresholds.	Yes

Other Settings

Setting	Description
Use Inline Drill	Provides an option to apply inline drill for Rows List members.	Yes
Frequency	This defines the frequency of the report. Options are M (Monthly), Q (Quarterly) , Y (Yearly) or Any (user select). The frequency setting also impacts the options in the Point of View: Upon selecting M, the user can only select the Months. If you select Q, the user can only select Quarters. Selecting Any (user select) will allow the user to select either a Month, Quarter or Year from the Point Of View as required.	Yes
Reference Category Position	Select the Position of the Reference Category (e.g. "Forecast"). Left or Right of the Base Category (e.g. "Actual").	Yes

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