Grid Properties

Behaviour Options

Excel

Resize columns/rows after refresh

Automatically adjust the columns and rows to fit the data.

Insert/delete columns/rows when Grid size changes

Determines the behaviour when members are added or removed.

No Shift	XLCubed overwrites neighbouring cells.
Shift Range	XLCubed inserts the required number of cells only. E.g. when a grid becomes taller cells will only be inserted across the width of the data.
Shift Entire	XLCubed inserts and deletes entire columns or rows to accommodate the new data.

Example of the shift behaviours

Fill formulae next to Grid

Detect and fill down/across any formulae directly adjacent to the Grid as members are added or removed.

Data

Remove empty columns/rows

Exclude columns/rows with no values from the result set.

Enable Visual Totals

New in Version 7.6 - see Visual Totals for more information

Incude Headers in sets

Header selections are written into tuples when the MDX is generated. Turning this off means that context from the rows/columns selections will not be overwritten by the headers.

Replace 0 with Null

Allows zeros to be removed from reports using the Exclude Empty options

Feed hierarchy member results

Use the MDX function Generate to allow dynamic ranking and filtering (note: this option can be slower). For example: if Country and Product are on Rows, with this option enabled a grid with ranking on both hierarchies will show the Top 10 Countries and within each of those countries the Top 10 Products. With this disabled you would get the Top 10 Countries and the Top 10 Products, calculated separately.

Use NonEmpty on crossjoins

Use the NonEmpty MDX function when joining hierarchies

Exclude calculated members

By default XLCubed will show calculated members when drilling members to display their children. This option means those calculations are no longer shown.

Use Default Member for empty selections

If a range contains no members then XLCubed will use the default member instead. If you turn this off it will use an empty set instead. This can be useful if you are combining multipe sets and some may be empty.

Allow Excel style advanced sets

See Excel Style Advanced Selections.

Where clause style

When aggregating in a header hierarchy, XLCubed can generate MDX that:

With members	extracts each aggregate into a With Member
Sets	leaves the aggregates in-lined as a set
Subselect	uses an in-line subselect statement for the aggregates, gives visual totals (Totals are for selected members only).

The first two options should give the same results, but performance can vary depending on your cube.

Use Existing in With Members

Adds an Existing function on aggregated sets in headers if the same dimension is also used on columns or rows. This can improve performance in many cases, but for some cube calculations may return unexpected results. You should check that the grid results are correct when turning on this option.

Drill Mode

Changes which members are shown when members are drilled

Standard	Drilled members are expanded in all positions.
Drill and Replace	Drilled members and their children are shown. Drill the parent member to drill back up.
Asymmetric	Drilled members are expanded only in the location drilled. This applies if you have more than one dimension on rows, when the members can be repeated. This feature was introduced in version 7.2.

For further information go to: Drill Modes

Member Text

Controls how the grid handles user-entered member selections, e.g. when driving from a range

Validate	Member text is checked against the database to ensure it is valid.
Unique Name	Member text is assumed to be valid unique name and passed directly into the query.
Captions	Member text is assumed to be a valid caption and combined with the hierarchy name before being passed into the query. e.g. "Bikes" becomes "[Product].[Product Categories].[Bikes]"
Keys	Member text is assumed to be a valid member key and combined with the hierarchy name before being passed into the query.e.g. "1" becomes "[Product].[Product Categories].&[1]"

Refresh

Display error on invalid members

Displays a warning if invalid selections are found on any hierarchy.

Refresh Grid on open

Causes the Grid to update itself when the workbook is opened.

Refresh when driving cells change

If the Grid is driven from any Excel ranges, then causes the Grid to update itself whenever any of these changes.

Appearance Options

General

Title

The title of the Grid, displayed in dialogs and menus whenever the Grid is referred to.

The following placeholders can also be used to display information regarding the cube connection:

• {connectionid}
• {server}
• {database}
• {cube}
• {lastupdate}

Display Grid title

Display the Grid title in the worksheet.

Replace nulls with

Instead of an empty cell, XLCubed inserts the desired value.

Formatting

Apply formatting

Override formats on the Grid, or let you manage them manually.

Format Grid without borders

Exclude borders from the formatting applied to the Grid.

Apply Cube formatting

Retrieve and apply formats that are defined in the cube.

Merge repeating cells

When crossjoining, merge the repeated cells for the outer hierarchies:

With merged repeating cells

With separate repeating cells

Show member properties in separate columns

If any member properties are selected, display each in its own column, or in the same cell as the member caption:

	Show member properties in separate columns
	Property - Member
	Member - Property
	Property

Property display style

If properties are not in separate columns, control how the member caption and property are displayed in the cell.

Group member properties with the same name

Any member properties with the same caption in the cube will be merged together into one column

Show Comments

Report users can view and enter comments

Drilling

Show drill indicator

If a member is drillable, a symbol is displayed before the member's caption:

+	Member can be drilled down.
-	Member can be drilled up.
	Member cannot be drilled

Indent members when drilling

The indentation of the members in a Grid reflects what level they are on. The size of indentation can also be adjusted.

Size of indentation

Allows user to set size of indentation when drilling

Grid Elements

In this section you can choose not to display sections of the grid. This allow you to place grids in specific places without needing to hide rows/columns which is useful if they move when drilled.

Standard view.

All areas except "Row Members" hidden on the second grid.

This feature was introduced in version 7.2.

Hide header hierarchies

Show only the row and column hierarchies and members. The header hierarchies can still be seen in the Edit Grid dialog.

Hide draggable hierarchy labels

Prevent the hierarchy labels being rendered. This option speeds up Grid updates.

Hide hierarchy label warning icon

Prevent display of a warning icon when advanced selections are active on a hierarchy.

Hide Column Labels

Hide labels for any hierarchies displayed on the columns axis

Hide Row Labels

Hide labels for any hierarchies displayed on the rows axis

Hide Column Members

Hide members for any hierarchies displayed on the columns axis

Hide Row Members

Hide members for any hierarchies displayed on the rows axis

Interaction Options

Track grid's active cell

The current cell in the Grid can be used as input for other Grids and formulae. See Active Cell Grid Selections for more information.

Grid Actions

see Grid Actions

Named Ranges

XLCubed can create named ranges based on Grid elements that can then be used by other Excel objects, such as formulae and charts. See Named Grid Ranges for more information.

Lockdown Options

Password protect Grid properties

Before showing the Grid Properties dialog, a password is required.

Apply restrictions in Excel

Enforce the following permissions in Excel. If off, the restrictions are only applied when published to XLCubed Web Edition.

Permissions

Show Grid menus

Show the right-click Grid menu. Note: The Grid properties dialog is always available unless specifically excluded below.

Allow hierarchy navigation

Show the Hierarchy Editor for any hierarchy.

Can change filter/column/row members

Show the Hierarchy Editor for the hierarchies on the given axis.

Can drill columns/rows

Allow drilling on members in the given axis.

Set All to No

Disallows all the above permissions.

Hiding Menu Items

These options allow you to hide specific operations from the Grid's right-click menu.

Writeback Options

See Writeback for more detail about writeback in XLCubed.

MDX Options

Connection

Set the connection for the Grid

Auto-generate MDX (default)

XLCubed controls the MDX for the Grid, given the selected options, hierarchies and members.

Manual MDX

You may type your own MDX in the edit field. Using XL3Parm( Address ) allows you to substitute parts of the MDX with cells on the worksheet.

Get MDX from Excel range

The entire MDX statement for the Grid is taken from a cell on the worksheet.

Default Grid Options

The defaults for new Grids can be set by using the Save as Defaults button. To set a Grid back to the saved defaults, use the Load from Defaults button.

Performance Tips for Large Grids

Turn Off:

• Apply formatting
• Merge repeating cells
• Resize Columns

Turn On:

• Hide draggable hierarchy labels

After making these changes to all the grids use XLCubed -> Connections -> Refresh connections to clear any remaining hierarchy labels.