The Calendar Date Year Item is dragged to a new position on the left axis. The table now displays profits in a single column, and includes sub-totals for each

4-8 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Desktop Figure 4–10 Duplicate as Crosstab Dialog Box 2. Click OK now if you want to accept the default table or crosstab configuration. 3. If you want to change the default table or crosstab configuration, choose from the four tabs and configure your duplicate table. The tabs across the top of the dialog are used as follows: ■ Select Items —adds new items to the new table or crosstab see Section 7.1.2, Selecting the Data for details. ■ Conditions —adds conditions to the new table or crosstab see Section 5.5, Finding Data that Meets Conditions for details. ■ Sort —available for tables only sorts the data on the new table see Key to Figure 4–27: for details. ■ Calculations —defines calculations on the new table or crosstab see Section 8.3, Creating Calculations for details. 4. Click OK to create your duplicate table. A new Worksheet is created in your Workbook containing the duplicate table or crosstab.

4.2 Drilling Into and Out of Data

Drilling into data shows more details about the data. Drilling out of data or collapsing consolidates the data for a broader overview. Typically, you drill into data to analyze it at a finer level of detail, and drill out to get the “bigger picture.” In addition to drilling into and out of data on the current table or crosstab, you can also drill to another worksheet, or to a related item that is not on the worksheets. See Section 4.2.5, Drilling with the Drill Dialog Box for details. Discoverer Desktop provides two ways to drill into and out of data: ■ Drilling directly from a table or crosstab - clicking a Drill Point to display a Drill Icon is the quickest way to drill, and covers many types of drilling typical in routine data analysis, see Figure 4–11 . Pivoting, Drilling, and Sorting Data 4-9 ■ Drilling from the Drill dialog box - using this menu option provides even more options for drilling. Select an Item or cell and choose Sheet ¦ Drill from the main Discoverer Desktop menu. You can also choose the Drill option from the Discoverer Desktop tool bar. Figure 4–11 Drilling in Discoverer Desktop Key to Figure 4–11 :

a. Drill Points are Items that you can drill down into to look at more detail.

b. Drill Icons are displayed when you click a Drill Point, and allow you choose drill

options.

4.2.1 Drilling down using the Drill icon

This section explains how to use the Drill icon to drill down into data.