optional To change the default advanced drill options, click Show Advanced to Click OK.

Drilling to analyze data 10-9 Discoverer displays a list of related worksheet items.

3. Select a worksheet item from the pop up list to drill to that item.

Discoverer adds the related item that you selected to the worksheet unless you changed the advanced settings on the Drill dialog. How to drill to a related item using the Drill dialog To drill to a related item using the Drill dialog: 1. optional Select a worksheet cell or the heading of the item you want to drill from. 2. Choose Tools | Drill to display the Drill dialog . Hint : You can also display the Drill dialog by right-clicking on a worksheet cell and selecting the Drill option.

3. If you did not select a worksheet cell or item heading in step 1, use the Where do

you want to drill from? drop down list to select the worksheet item you want to drill from. 10-10 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Plus 4. Select Drill to a Related Item from the Where do you want to drill to? drop down list. Figure 10–5

5. Select an item from the list.

6. Click OK.

Discoverer updates the worksheet according to the default drill options currently selected. Hint : Click Show Advanced to display extra drill options that enable you to specify how Discoverer adds the new item to the worksheet. For example, if you click Show Advanced and select the Place drill results in a new sheet check box, Discoverer creates a new worksheet that includes the related item. About drilling to detail You drill to detail to analyze a particular folder in a business area or to see what values constitute a particular summarized or aggregated value. Discoverer displays the detail data in a new worksheet. Drill to detail is set up by the Discoverer manager. For example, you might drill from Department in a sales worksheet to display information on all departments in a new worksheet. In the example below, you want to analyze the component values that constitute the Region summary values. You select the Region item then display the drill dialog and select Products list.