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Insert Items From Multiple Levels of a Dimension

Use selection-based sets to position one or more items from a dimension adjacent to each other in the crosstab for a mixed grain comparison.

For example, you can select items from a single dimension like this in the source tree.

You can drag these items to the crosstab.

You can also nest items from the multiple levels of the same dimension .

Steps
  1. In the source tree, expand the dimension to locate the items that you want to insert.

  2. Press Shift+click or Ctrl+click to select multiple items in a dimension and then drag them to the crosstab.

    A selection-based set appears in the crosstab.