Text Variable

The Text variable can be used in titles and labels and can also be used to mask data.

Titles & Text Boxes

Text variables can be used in expressions in text boxes, where you combine typed text with the variables. as shown below for the title field in graph.

Masks

You can use the same Text variable in a mask.

For example, say you have a data associated with a category.

In the following example, a mask is created that limits the data, such that the Category column must equal the text variable, A.

• Create a Bars command
• Add a Mask to the command, Category = A
• Change the value of the variable from ‘Apples’ to ‘Oranges’