Tag: Tips
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Tips & Tricks #5: Designing MicroStrategy Documents for Exporting to Excel
Overview The following best practices will help ensure that your document is displayed correctly when it is exported to Microsoft Excel. When you export to Excel, the resulting spreadsheet looks like a PDF of the document. For example, objects have the same position and size in Excel that they do in a PDF. For steps […]
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Tips & Tricks #4: How to Create N-Level Deep Nested Prompts in MicroStrategy Developer (Desktop)
This is something that I actually had the opportunity to use this week. It really came in handy and helped satisfy my client’s requirements. Just a reminder as we discuss this tip, I am using MicroStrategy v9.4.1 and MicroStrategy Developer. Developer is the new name for MicroStrategy Desktop as of v9.4.1 This example demonstrates how […]
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Tips & Tricks #3: How to Define Custom Subtotal Displays in MicroStrategy Desktop
By default, when users apply subtotals in a report, the name of the subtotal is displayed in the subtotal line items that appear in the report. Users can use custom subtotals to give more control over the characteristics of a subtotal. Custom subtotals allow users to define custom subtotal line items that appear on the […]