Where to drill to. The arrow indicates the direction of the drill. A down-arrow

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d. Calendar Quarter is selected from the list of related drill options.

e. Click OK to view the East Region data broken down into Quarters.

The Drill Options dialog box offers additional ways to customize the drilling results. Figure 4–26 Drill Options Dialog Box Click the Options button on the Drill dialog box to open the Drill Options dialog. Choose from the following options: Expand to include new item —the table or crosstab is enlarged to fit in the new level of data see Figure 4–27 for an example. Replaced with new item —the data level where the drill started is replaced with the new level of data see Figure 4–27 for an example. Current Sheet —adds the new level of data on the current worksheet. New Sheet —creates a new worksheet to display the drilled data. Table —display the results in a table. Crosstab —display the results in a crosstab. Let me modify query before proceeding —displays the New Sheet dialog box so you can format the new layout, add conditions and calculations before the drilling takes place. See Section 7.1, Building a New Workbook or Worksheet for a description of the options. Figure 4–27 shows the difference between expanding and replacing data. Pivoting, Drilling, and Sorting Data 4-21 Figure 4–27 Expand or Replace Drilled Data Key to Figure 4–27 :

a. In this example, the City data is included with the Region dat.

b. In this example, the City data replaces the Region data.

4.3 Sorting Data

Sorting arranges text data in alphabetical order and numeric data in numerical order. Creating an ordered list of customers, or employees, or product part numbers are typical uses of sorting. However, sorting is also helpful for analyzing data. For example, sorting sales data from most profitable sales to least profitable sales shows the relative standing of your company’s best selling products or the most effective salespeople. You can also group data and then sort within the group. For display and reporting purposes, each group of data can start on a new page. See Section 4.3.1.2, Group Sorting for details.

4.3.1 Sorting Data on Tables

Figure 4–28 shows an example of sorting data on a table and the results.