Using the Company Analysis List

Reports can be generated that compare the currently selected company with a chosen group of companies. This group is called a Peer Group and its members are chosen by using the Company Analysis List.

Companies can be added to the Company Analysis List in two ways:

• From the Search Results page: individual companies can be added using their button or a group of companies can be added in one operation. See Search Results for further details of these processes.
• From the Custom Reporting List block: this block contains a to Company Analysis List link that adds the currently selected company to the Company Analysis List. See Custom Reporting Block for more details of this.

The current number of companies in the list is shown after the block title.

The Company Analysis List itself is an expandable block that appears in the top right hand corner of most pages. To save screen space when it is not in use, the Company Analysis List block is normally only one line high. This line can be expanded to full size by moving the mouse pointer over the word Expand at the right of the one line block.

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Caution The block will close up to one line when you move the mouse pointer out of it. When using the block, try to keep the mouse pointer within it. You can point at the word Expand again to re-expand it, if necessary.

At the bottom of the expanded block there are four command links that enable you to:

• Delete companies from the list
  To do this, select companies in the list by setting the check box in front of their name and then choose the Delete Selected command link.
• Clear all the companies from the list
  To do this, choose the Clear All command link
• Create a comparison report for the current members of the list
  To do this, choose the Create Comparison Report command link. This will display the Comparison Reporting Criteria Selection Screen window, as is displayed from the Compare Company Against Custom Group option from the Comparison Reports sub-page of Create Reports. See Create Reports - Comparison Reporting for more information on this.
• Create a Custom Report for the current members of the list
  To do this, choose the Create Multiple Company Report command link. This will display the Custom Reporting page of Create Reports. From there, you can define a Custom Report, in the usual way, and then choose the Create Multiple Company Report button at the bottom of the page or the Here link at the right of the page. See Create Reports - Custom Reporting for more information on this.