Modifying Entities and Attributes
You can modify entities and attributes in a variety of different ways, as described below:
• Moving Entities/Attributes: To move an entity or attribute from one location to another (either within or between entities) simply drag and drop the entity/attribute in the desired location.
• Sorting Entities/Attributes: To sort entities or attributes alphabetically, right-click on the desired entity/attribute, and select 'Sort by name' from the context menu.

• Renaming Entities/Attributes: To rename an entity or attribute, double-click the desired entity/attribute. This opens an edit box in which you can modify the name. Entity names cannot contain two consecutive colons, “::”, because this is used internally as a delimiter.

• Deleting Entities/Attributes: To delete an entity or attribute, click to select the entity or attribute or Ctrl-click to select multiple objects. Then right-click on a selected entity/attribute, and choose 'Delete' from the context menu. (You can also press the 'Delete' key on the keyboard.)
• Enabling Data Browsing: To allow designers and users to browse the attribute values when they set a filtering condition on the attribute (for example, see Creating a Filter Condition in Dashboard Design or Browse Data in Ad Hoc Reporting), enable the corresponding 'Browse Data' option. By default, 'Browse Data' allows designers and users to select from a list of the distinct values contained in the first 1000 rows. To provide a customized list of values to users see Customizing the Browse Data List.
• Adding Auto-Drilldown to Attributes: To add automatic hyperlinks to an attribute, see Auto-Drilldown.
• Adding Formatting to Attributes: To add formatting to the data returned in an attribute, see Adding a Format to a Data Field.
• Adding Reference Type to Attributes: To specify that a field should be treated by default as a dimension, select 'Dimension' from the 'Ref Type' menu. To specify that a field should be treated by default as a measure, select the desired aggregation method from the 'Measure' folder in the 'Ref Type' menu. The 'Ref Type' setting determines the attribute's default behavior (as dimension or measure) in aggregation contexts such as chart and table bindings, etc.
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