How Conditional Highlighting Can Help with Analysis

Conditional highlighting is used to direct a report viewer's attention to specific report results. For example, a report author might design a report on suppliers so that table cells that contain delivery times that are greater than 14 days are automatically highlighted with a red background. You can also add, modify, or delete conditional highlighting when you view a report. For example, you might want to highlight delivery times that are less than five days instead of greater than 14 days.

For tables, SAS Web Report Studio has a variety of options for highlighting results that meet the specified conditions. In the following display, total sales values that are greater than $130,000 are bold. In addition, an image or user-supplied text can be placed to the right or left of the revenue value, or they can replace the revenue values.

Graphs use shading as the highlighting method. In the following display, shoe product groups with revenues that are between $1 million and $2 million are highlighted.