To drill back up, select Collapse. Select the Region level by clicking on the selection box for the Region data item. All

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 : 4-18 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Desktop

a. Put the pointer in the row from which you want to drill, but don’t put the pointer on

the drill icon. A white cross is displayed. Double-click the white cross to drill down. b. Quick drilling drills to the next level of the data. In this example, Region is drilled to City for only the selected row, the Eastern Region. Double-click on the East Region once more to drill down to the next level of data - Store Name. Note: Double-clicking on a column head on a table does not drill down. Instead, it displays the data item’s properties.

4.2.5 Drilling with the Drill Dialog Box

Double-clicking on an individual cell displays the Drill dialog box. Use the Drill dialog box to drill up and down from columns and rows on the tables and crosstabs and additionally, to related items on the worksheet or to related items on another worksheet. To drill with dialog box:

1.

Display the table or crosstab with the data you want to drill. 2. On the table or crosstab, click the data item where you want to begin drilling. 3. Choose Sheet | Drill, or double-click on the data item. The Drill dialog box appears. Figure 4–24 Drill Dialog Box Key to Figure 4–24 :

a. Drill options.

b. Where to drill from.

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

indicates a drill-down. An up-arrow indicates a drill-up or collapse.

4. Select a drill option:

UpDown —drills down to details or up to an aggregate level in the data’s predefined hierarchy, such as Year to Quarter to Month. Drill to a Related Item —drills down to details or up to an aggregate level to data that is related but that is not in the data’s predefined hierarchy, such as City to Quarter or Region to Product. Drill to Detail in another Sheet —drills to data that is in the workbook, but that isn’t in the data’s hierarchy; another sheet is created to show the details.