Data pages help you organize your business data so that your DiveTab application users can ask questions and get answers. DiveTab includes six different page types for data presentation:
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Report Pages—Report pages, formerly called list pages, display static data for a limited set of locally cached dimensions.
Present data in a tabular format, with standard and configurable context menus for Dimension and Summary columns. Report pages can include multiple dimensions and summaries, as well as information fields.
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Cross Pages—Cross pages provide an alternative presentation for two dimensions and multiple summaries.
Present a more complex grouping of tabular data, with one dimension displayed horizontally and the other vertically, in addition to one or more summaries. Includes standard and configurable context menus for Dimension and Summary columns.
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Dive Pages—Dive pages include standard and configurable context menus for Dimension and Summary columns.
Present data in a tabular format and supports diving on dimension values using the context menu. Dive pages support the switching of dimensions.
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Ad Hoc Pages—Ad hoc pages, formerly called access pages, are for exploring interactive data for multiple dimensions. Ad hoc pages can be used to dive on dimension values or counts.
Present data in a tabular format and supports switching dimensions and MultiColumns. Includes standard and configurable context menus for Dimension and Summary columns.
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Overview Pages—Overview pages present a high level view of data from related data sets.
Present data from multiple data sets using a free form layout. Overview pages support the use of elements to present the data in a variety of ways.
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Central Pages—Central pages are for examining one specific dimension value. Central pages are automatically linked to from other data pages once the same dimension has been specified.
Focus on a single dimension value using a free form layout. Central pages support the use of elements to present the data in a variety of ways.
Additional non-data area types can be defined.
- Menu Areas—Present menu buttons for high-level navigation.
- Other Content Areas—Display documents, presentations, repositories, and web pages.