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Last Updated: 2024-09-20
Reference: Composite Report Cells

Reference: Composite Report Cells

You can set up these cell types in your composite report to increase the depth and focus of your report. The contents of the intersecting column and row types determine the actions available in each cell.
Cell
Description
Label
Enables you to set up labels, such as
Total Number of Employees
, at the intersection of a control column and empty row.
You can define labels using text expressions and variables. Workday replaces the variables in the text expressions with the values of the variables when the report runs. Example: Workday replaces [V1] with the date in the text expression
Last updated on [V1].
Data
Enables you to retrieve data from your subreport at the intersection of a:
  • Calculation column and calculation row.
  • Calculation column and empty row.
  • Data column and calculation row.
  • Data column and empty row.
You can:
  • Apply additional filter data for subreports.
  • Map subreport prompts.
  • Select the
    Hide Analytic Indicator
    check box to hide analytic indicators configured on columns that impact your cells.
Executing subreports for each data cell might impact the performance of the composite report.
Calculation
Enables you to use calculation and data columns in your report to set up calculation cells that reference other cells using these functions on the expression builder:
  • Difference: Subtracts the second value from the first value.
  • Divide: Divides the first value by the second value. You can select
    AbsRef
    in the denominator to maintain the original cell reference regardless of its duplicated location on the report. Absolute reference doesn't support nesting calculations and doesn’t convert a negative value to a positive value.
  • Multiply: Multiplies 2 values.
  • PercentIncrease: Returns the difference in percentage of the first value from the second value.
  • PercentRemaining: Returns the percentage remaining after dividing the second value by the first value.
  • Sum: Returns the sum of multiple values.
You can use calculation cells with outlining.
For these functions, Workday defaults
Return Zero on Error
to true unless you specifically set it to false:
  • Divide
  • PercentIncrease
  • PercentRemaining
Select the
Hide Analytic Indicator
check box to hide visual representations configured on columns that impact your cells.
Workday uses the standard order of operations rule, known as PEMDAS, for mathematic expressions and reads functions from left to right:
  1. Parentheses
  2. Exponents
  3. Multiplication
  4. Division
  5. Addition
  6. Subtraction
Conditional Value
Enables you to override the value of an undefined cell at the intersection of a lookup data row and data column. You can set up the cell to display zero or the actual value based on whether the condition is true or false.
Conditional Format
Enables you to override the style and visibility of an undefined cell.