Work with items in a list
Use lists to show detailed information from your database, such as customer lists or
product lists.
A list is a report that shows data in rows and columns. Each column shows all the values for a data item in the database or a calculation based on data items in the database. Lists are useful for very large reports that require minimal filtering.
Lists and relational sources
Use lists for relational sources.
Lists and dimensional sources
Avoid using lists with dimensional sources. It is preferable to use Exploration Views with dimensional sources whenever possible, because it will provide much richer filtering capability. However, lists are useful against dimensional sources if there is no measure in the report. Such a report cannot be created as an Exploration View and can only be created as a list.