This article describes how to nest a grid in a banner. By default, only variable sets with Nominal, Binary - Multi, Binary - Multi (Compact), Ordinal, or Date/Time structures can be dragged into the banner creator. If it is in another structure, such as Nominal - Multi: Grid with unordered categories, when you are creating your banner, it won't show up in the list of variables eligible for inclusion in the banner.
Requirements
Please note these steps require a Displayr license.
A Displayr Document.
Method
- Select the grid variable you want to nest from the Data Sources tree and click + > Ready-Made New Variables > Flatten Variable Sets(s) to create a flattened version of the grid.
- Select a single variable set as the initial data for the banner. You can add more variables later.
- Select Anything > Data > Variables > New > Banner.
The new BANNER will appear in the Data Sources tree and just to the right of it in the object inspector:
- Drag the flattened variable set to just below the variable in your BANNER. A box just below the variable will open up where you can drop it.
After you drop it, a preview window will also appear to show you want the BANNER will look like:
- Drag the BANNER variable set onto the page. The result is as follows: