Selection context example

The following graphic illustrates the report used to create the sample selection context instance that follows.
Figure 1. Report for sample selection context instance
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This sample XML is the selection context that corresponds to the highlighted cell. 


<s:selection 
    rModel="MP_0" xmlns:s="http://developer.cognos.com/schemas/selection/1/" 
    rSelectedCells="C_0">
  <s:metadataCells>
    <s:metadataCell xml:id="M_0" rQueryName="QN_0" rName="N_0" rExpression="QI_0"
rType="T_0" rUsage="U_0"/>
    <s:metadataCell xml:id="M_1" rName="N_1" rExpression="QI_1"
rType="T_0" rUsage="U_1"/>
    <s:metadataCell xml:id="M_2" rName="N_2" rExpression="QI_2"
rType="T_0" rUsage="U_1"/>
    <s:metadataCell xml:id="M_3" rName="N_3" rType="T_1"/>
    <s:metadataCell xml:id="M_4" rName="N_3" rType="T_1"/>
    <s:metadataCell xml:id="M_5" rName="N_4" rExpression="QI_3"
rType="T_0" rUsage="U_1"/>
    <s:metadataCell xml:id="M_6" rName="N_3" rType="T_1"/>
    <s:metadataCell xml:id="M_7" rName="N_3" rType="T_1"/>
  </s:metadataCells>
  <s:cells>
    <s:cell xml:id="C_0" rMetadataCell="M_0" rValue="V_0">
      <s:dependentCells>
        <s:cell xml:id="C_7" rMetadataCell="M_7" rValue="V_7"/>
      </s:dependentCells>
      <s:definingCells>
        <s:axis rCell="C_1"/>
        <s:axis rCell="C_5"/>
      </s:definingCells>
    </s:cell>
    <s:cell xml:id="C_1" rMetadataCell="M_1" rValue="V_1">
      <s:dependentCells>
        <s:cell xml:id="C_4" rMetadataCell="M_4" rValue="V_4"/>
      </s:dependentCells>
      <s:definingCells>
        <s:axis rCell="C_2"/>
      </s:definingCells>
    </s:cell>
    <s:cell xml:id="C_2" rMetadataCell="M_2" rValue="V_2">
      <s:dependentCells>
        <s:cell xml:id="C_3" rMetadataCell="M_3" rValue="V_3"/>
      </s:dependentCells>
    </s:cell>
    <s:cell xml:id="C_5" rMetadataCell="M_5" rValue="V_5">
      <s:dependentCells>
        <s:cell xml:id="C_6" rMetadataCell="M_6" rValue="V_6"/>
      </s:dependentCells>
    </s:cell>
  </s:cells>
  <s:strings>
    <s:s xml:id="QN_0">Query1</s:s>
    <s:s xml:id="N_0">Return quantity</s:s>
    <s:s xml:id="N_1">Product type</s:s>
    <s:s xml:id="N_2">Product line</s:s>
    <s:s xml:id="N_3">_memberCaption</s:s>
    <s:s xml:id="N_4">Year</s:s>
    <s:s xml:id="T_0">memberUniqueName</s:s>
    <s:s xml:id="T_1">_memberCaption</s:s>
    <s:s xml:id="V_0">[Returned items (analysis)].[Returned items].[Return quantity]
    </s:s>
    <s:s xml:id="V_1">[Product forecast (analysis)].[Product].[Product].[Product
type]-&gt;[all].[991].[953]</s:s>
    <s:s xml:id="V_2">[Product forecast (analysis)].[Product].[Product].[Product
line]-&gt;[all].[991]</s:s>
    <s:s xml:id="V_3">Camping Equipment</s:s>
    <s:s xml:id="V_4">Sleeping Bags</s:s>
    <s:s xml:id="V_5">[Product forecast (analysis)].[Time dimension].
    [Time dimension].[Year]-&gt;[all].[2005]</s:s>
    <s:s xml:id="V_6">2005</s:s>
    <s:s xml:id="V_7">8281</s:s>
    <s:s xml:id="QI_0">
	    [Returned items (analysis)].[Returned items].[Return quantity]
    </s:s>
    <s:s xml:id="QI_1">
	    [Product forecast (analysis)].[Product].[Product].[Product type]
    </s:s>
    <s:s xml:id="QI_2">
	    [Product forecast (analysis)].[Product].[Product].[Product line]
    </s:s>
    <s:s xml:id="QI_3">
	    [Product forecast (analysis)].[Time dimension].[Time dimension].
    [Year]</s:s>
    <s:s xml:id="U_0">measure</s:s>
    <s:s xml:id="U_1">nonMeasure</s:s>
    <s:s xml:id="MP_0">/content/folder[@name=&apos;Samples&apos;]
    /folder[@name=&apos;Models&apos;]/package[@name=&apos;GO
Sales (analysis)&apos;]/model[@name=&apos;model&apos;]</s:s>
  </s:strings>
</s:selection>

Each selection context instance has three main parts. The first section, <metadataCells>, defines the metadata associated with the selected and dependent cells. The second section, <cells>, defines the selected cells, including the dependent and defining cells. The third section, <strings>, contains the strings that are re-used throughout the selection context.