optional If you did not select a worksheet item in step 2, use the Link drop down Enter a descriptive name for the drill link in the What would you like to name Select Worksheet from the Where do you want to link to? drop down list.

Drilling to analyze data 10-19 3. Choose Tools | Manage Links to display the Manage Links dialog . Hint : You can also display the Manage Links dialog by right-clicking on a worksheet cell and selecting the Manage Links option.

4. optional If you did not select a worksheet item in step 2, use the Item drop down

list to select the worksheet item to which you want to add the link. 5. Click New Link to display the New Link dialog .

6. Enter a descriptive name for the drill link in the What would you like to name

this link? field. 7. Select URL from the Where do you want to link to? drop down list. 8. To create a static link to an Internet page, enter an Internet address in the Destination field for example, www.oracle.com. 9. To create a dynamic link to an Internet page:

a. Enter a URL in the Destination field, up to the part of the address that takes

the dynamic value. For example, you might type http:company.comregions b. Click the Insert button and select the worksheet item whose values you want to use in the URL. For example, you might select Region to append the name of a region to the URL. c. Enter the rest of the URL. 10-20 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Plus For example, you might type details.htm after the URL. Hint : You can also type the URL in full into the Destination field. Remember to enclose item names in angle brackets that is, . The screenshot below shows how the Destination field would look if you had followed this example. The URL contains the worksheet item name in angle brackets for example, Region, indicating that the value of that worksheet item is passed to the Web browser at run time. For example, if you select a drill link in a Region item and the cell contains the value West, Discoverer passes the following URL to the default Web browser: http:company.comregionsWestdetails.htm 10. Click OK to save the drill link details and close the New Link dialog. 11. Click OK to close the Links dialog How to use drill links You use drill links that you set up yourself or are set up by the worksheet creator to drill out to other worksheets or Internet pages. You can also drill out to a file stored in the database. For more information, see About user defined drill links . You can drill to another worksheet, Internet URL, or file stored in the database using: ■ a drill link icon for more information, see How to drill out to a worksheet or Internet URL using a drill link icon ■ the Drill dialog for more information, see How to drill out to a worksheet or Internet URL using the Drill dialog How to drill out to a worksheet or Internet URL using a drill link icon You drill out to analyze data or information external to the current worksheet. For example, you might want to: ■ display a different worksheet in a new tab window ■ display an Internet page in a browser window ■ display a file for example, a Microsoft Word file in a separate application To drill out to a worksheet, Internet page, or file: