View source for Adding a dimension to a variable

[[Category: Concepts]]

*Drag and drop another index node in the diagram
*Type <code>Year</code> for the index title

:[[Image:Diagram Car cost1.1.jpg]]

*Click on the key icon. Select ‘Description’ from the attribute popup menu.

:[[Image:Car cost Description.jpg]]

*Type <code>Year of ownership</code>
*Press ''Alt+Enter''.
*Select ‘Definition’ from the popup menu.

:[[Image:Car cost Definition.jpg]]

*Select ‘List’ from the expr popup menu.
*First cell is entered as 1, press ''Enter'' key twice to have 3 cells with appropriate nos.

:[[Image:List Year.jpg]]

*Select <code>Maintenance cost</code>.

:[[Image:Diagram Car cost1.2.jpg]]

*Click on the ‘Edit table’ button that shows on the attribute pane.
*Click on the ‘indexes’ icon to bring up Indexes window

:[[Image:Edit table Maintenance cost.jpg]]

*Double click <code>Year</code> from the index lists.
*Press '''OK''' button.

'''Expected: Edit table of <code>Maintenance cost</code> is now indexed by <code>Year</code> for the columns and <code>Car type</code> for rows '''

:[[Image:Indexes Year.jpg]]

*Click on column 2 row header small car
*Change cell value from '1200' to ‘1500’
*Press arrow down key, change this cell value from '2400' to ‘2.6K’ { to check the number formatting is recognized}.
*Click on column 3 row header small ca
*Change the cell value from '1200' to '1.7e+3' {Same number format issue}
*Press arrow down key
*Change the cell value from '2400' to '300000%'
*Click the check button.
*''Ctrl+r'' to bring up result table of <code>Maintenance cost</code>

'''Expected: Result of <code>Maintenance cost</code> show the new changes on its cell values'''

Note that as of 4.4 this node will display the result as a graph until you change it. That's OK it's a change to the defaults.

:[[Image:Edit table Maintenance cost1.1.jpg]]

==See Also==
* [[Creating Arrays (Tables)]]