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The Design Panel

Analysis Tab
On the Analysis Tab of the Design Panel you can right click or drag and drop to add, remove, or re-order the dimensions and measures to be displayed in the crosstab:
- The pane of the left, shows the name of the associated data source, and displays all fields available from the data source, including measures, dimensions, attributes and hierarchies.
- The Columns pane contains all fields that currently displayed as columns in the crosstab.
- The Rows pane contains all fields that are currently displayed as rows in the crosstab.
- The Background Filter pane contains all fields that are currently defined as background data filter. A background filter is a filter based on a field that is not currently displayed in the crosstab.
- The Find feature highlights fields matching the search term that are found in the other panes.
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Information Tab
On the Information Tab of the Design Panel you can choose to see details information about the entire workbook or a particular data source :
- Data source Name
- Key Date : Current date except for very specific reports.
- Last Data Update : Date of the last data loading (Careful : Not always accurate in the case of queries build on Multi-Providers).
- Variables : List of prompts and their values
- Filter : Any filters applied in the report
- Information : Identification of the datasource
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Components Tab
On the Components Tab you can see a list of all components used in the workbook, and the properties of these components.
You can choose to list the components by data source or by sheet . You can also set options for selected components.
Repeating Members in the crosstab
By default BW reports will not repeat the "members" in the tables :

You can change this for each of the results via the Components tab :
- Select the table you want to change (Ex : Crosstab 1).
- In the properties, click on "Repeat Members"
Result :

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How to stop BW from changing my column width after each refreshing ?
- Click the crosstab that you are working on.
- Uncheck "Optimum Cell Width/Height".
Then the column width will be already as you drag and will not be changed by a refreshing.

Deleting or copying a data source / table from the workbook
You can delete an existing data source or table via the component tab :
- Select the Datasource or Crosstable
- Right click and select Delete or Copy
- If Copy, it will prompt for a destination cell
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