Description of the illustration excel_query

Displaying Oracle Dimensional Data in a Spreadsheet: This screen capture shows an Excel spreadsheet with data from the Global Units Cube displayed in a crosstab and two pie charts. The heading is Global Enterprises Sales 2003. A drop-down menu lists choices for Time, and 2003 is currently selected.

The columns of the crosstab contain these objects:

Column A: Product dimension: Hardware and Software/Other
Column B: Customer dimension: North America, Asia Pacific, and Europe
Column C: All Channels dimension and Sales measure
Column D: Sales Prior Period measure
Column E: Change Sales Prior Period measure
Column F: Percent Change Sales Prior Period measure

Hardware Sales and Software Sales are displayed in two different pie charts, with slices for Customers.