Reference Pick List

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Last updated: Oct 24, 2014
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Introduction

A reference pick list is a list building block that can be used to select reference categories. Reference categories are used for variance analysis with the main category of a report. Most reports have a reference pick list. Most reference pick lists contain dimensions like:

  • Year
  • Period
  • Category

CONTENT

And contain values like:
  • End of Last Year
  • Budget
  • Last Month

etc.

Example:

List Attributes

Basic Attributes

List Attribute

Description

Available

Values

Default

Empty

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

No, Yes

No

Custom Description

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

Empty, Populated

Empty

Order

 Use the order attribute to reorder the members in the pick-list.1, 2, 3, ...

Max + 1

Advanced Attributes

List Attribute

Description

Available

Values

Default

Reverse Valuation

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 colouring.

No, Yes

No

Reverse Sign

 When this attribute is set to yes, all the reference data will be sign flipped.No, Yes

No