The current drill level is ticked.

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c. When City is selected, City data is displayed for all Regions.

d. Note that a selection box has been added on the side axis for the City data item.

Figure 4–21 Drill to a Single Row on the Side Axis Key to Figure 4–21 :

a. Put the pointer on the drill icon of the row from which you want to drill, in this case

the East Region. b. Select the level to drill to, in this case, drill down to City.

c. The resulting drill shows Cities for the East Region only.

d. Note that a selection box has been added on the side axis for the City data item.

The data on the side axis in the Discoverer Desktop sample data is organized in the hierarchical sequence of Region, City, and Store Name. Typically, you would drill from Region to City and then from City to Store Name. However, in some instances, you may want to drill from Region directly to Store Name. The following figure shows how to drill to a sub-level on the side axis. This can also be thought of as skipping a hierarchical level. Pivoting, Drilling, and Sorting Data 4-17 Figure 4–22 Drill to a Sub-Level on the Side Axis Key to Figure 4–22 :

a. Put the pointer on the drill icon of the row from which you want to drill, in this case

the East Region. b. Select the level to drill to, in this drill straight down to Store Name.

c. The resulting drill shows Store Names for the East Region only.

d. Note that a selection box has been added on the side axis for the Store Name data

item because now that data is visible.

4.2.4 Quick Drilling by Double-Clicking

You can quickly drill down from one level to the next on a crosstab by clicking in a data item’s column heading. The drill automatically drills to the next level in the data hierarchy. For example, clicking on the column heading Region automatically drills to City because that’s the next level in the hierarchy—Region, City, Store Name. Figure 4–23 Drill to a Single Row on the Side Axis by Double-Clicking Key to Figure 4–23 :