Slice and Dice in Cognos Powerplay

Slice and Dice multidimensional analysis technique allows users to rearrange dimensions in a report and provide broad perspectives of the data. Slicing and Dicing in Cognos can be performed in the following ways:

• Dragging and dropping the dimension folders from a dimension viewer (on the left) or dimension toolbar (in the top) to the crosstab area

• Selecting category in a dimension viewer and doing the right click on the selected category and choosing Replace Rows (or Replace Columns or Replace Layers)

• Selecting category in a dimension viewer and clicking the corresponding icon from the left-hand side menu

• Swapping rows and columns is also a Slice and Dice cube investigation activity. It can be accessed from Main Menu -> Explore -> Swap -> Rows and Columns

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