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A stream is a data series from a database, e.g., 'Sales' or 'Budget' in a Sales database. You can view a single data stream using the Stream button, or compare streams in Stream modeStreams may be different in different databases.

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View a single data stream

  • Select Streams button.
  • Choose a stream from the list (the default stream will appear at the top). Only one stream can be chosen at a time, so if you want to compare streams you will need to use Stream mode.
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    The data in the grid will update accordingly and the stream button will display your selection.

    Example - selecting a stream to view budget information

    Example. We want to view budgets for all sales reps (i.e., the 'Rep' dimension) so we will use the sales database.

  • Choose the 'Rep' dimension.
  • Select Stream > Budget. The grid will update to show budget data. 
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    Compare two streams using stream mode

    You can compare two streams of data side by side using stream mode

    Information about stream mode.

    More about streams

    A stream is a series of data that comes from a different source. Typically, each business unit or department produces its own stream of data and these individual streams collectively make up the data in a database. The available streams depend on the database. For example, in a Sales database, you might have a Sales stream, an Inventory stream, and a Budget stream.

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    You can change the stream both when you are in Summary view and when you select a dimension (filtered view). Click the Stream menu to view your options, then select a stream from the list (the default stream displays at the top).

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    The grid instantly updates to display the data from the new stream and the Stream button identifies your selection. Some of the dimensions might become unavailable as they do not apply to that stream.

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    As illustrated above, you can only select one stream at a time. If you want to compare streams side-by-side, use Stream mode.

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    More about streams:

    • Streams do not respond to the Reset button. If you

    have selected a
    • change the stream and then want to revert to the default stream, you

    will
    • need to manually change it back.

    • If only one stream has been defined in the underlying database,

    then
    • neither the Streams

     button nor 
    •  menu nor the Stream mode

     will appear
    • option will be available.

    • If a 'No results' message

    is displayed when selecting a
    • displays when you change the stream, this

    may
    • might be simply because the data does not exist.

    e.g. budgets may
    • For example, budgets might not exist for individual customers

    ,
    • or there

    may
    • might be no orders in the system for a particular branch.

     

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