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Queries |
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In the Sales
view:
- Click on the "Sales
Data" tab. Move the cursor through the
columns, and look at the Reps Graph to see the
most common values in each column.
- Go to a numerical column
"PROFITDLR" or "QTYSOLD" and
look at the Total Page pane to see the total,
average, minimum and maximum values.
- Click on any cell in the
"CITY" column. The Reps Graph pane will
show the most common values in this column.
Double click on the "New York" bar in
the graph. SuperQuery will immediately position
the cursor in the Data Table at the first row
that has the value "CITY = New York".
Now push the filter
button, and you will see only those
rows satisfying that value "CITY = New
York". Scroll through the other columns and
watch all graphs and statistics calculated for
New York. Furthermore, move to the
"Profit" column and place the cursor on
any cell having the value "High" then
press the button again. This will simply
perform the Query "City = New York
AND Profit = High".
This means that you are only viewing sales in New
York City, which has high profits.
As you may have noticed, both
"Profit" and "Quantity" columns have
the cyan color, to reflect that they are calculated by
the system. The Analysis Wizard created these two columns
when you were reading the data table.
In order to edit the "Profit"
column; first make sure that no filters are set on the
view. To release all filters, press on the button, so that the green light is turned
off. Double click on the column "Profit", the
"Enter Ranges" dialog is displayed. Click on
"5 Range" button and press OK. The column will
be recalculated to map the original numerical values into
five ranges (Very High, High, Medium, Low and Very Low)
instead of three ranges (High, Medium, and Low).
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| Filter
Column |
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In the
"Sales" table, suppose that you want to study
the New York City sales only during the winter. To do
this, you need to create a new column of type
"Filter" to perform the criterion: CITY = New York and MONTH
is one of (December, January and February). Click on the first
tab "Sales Data" in order to work with the
Sales data view. Make sure that no filters are set on the
view. To release all filters press on the button, so that the green light is turned
off.
1. Place the cursor on the column
" CITY" and press the button. The Add / Edit Virtual Columns
dialog is displayed. Type the new column name
"NY Winter Sales" in the "Select / Add
column" edit box. Press on the
"Filter" button. The "Enter
Criteria" dialog is displayed.
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