Financial Reporting Design

Hi,
I am working on financial Reporting 11.1.1.3 version.
While designing the reports, how can set the page fields separately. Eg: In page am setting period (Jan - Dec) and Scenario (Actual and budget).
Running the report in page Jan , Actual
Feb. Actual
Dec, Actual
Jan , Budget
Feb, Budget
Dec, Budget
Please suggest some how better way of design ?
Thanks in Advance
EP

Try setting Period and Scenario in the Grid. Do not use Page dimension. Select User POV for Period and Scenario. Create a Book in Workspace. Run an instance of the report for each POV you want to see.

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