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 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.

Note: Category highlighting applies only to character data items.

In the following display, total sales values that are greater than $130,000 are bold.

Total Sales Values That Are Greater Than $130,000 Are Highlighted

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.

Shoes with Revenues That Are between One and Two Million Dollars Are Highlighted

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For more information about conditional highlighting, see Working with Conditional Highlighting.