About drilling in Discoverer worksheets

Discoverer enables you to navigate worksheet data quickly and easily using a powerful set of drilling tools.

The table below lists the types of drill supported by Discoverer:

Drill type	Description	Drill icon used in worksheets
Drill up and down	Drill up and down a drill hierarchy created by the Discoverer manager. You can drill up and down in both worksheet data and graph data. For more information, see "How to drill up and down").
Drill to a related item	Drill to a related worksheet item. You can drill to a related item in worksheet data, but not graph data. For more information, see"About drilling to related items".
Drill to detail	Drill to a level of detail set up by the Discoverer manager. You can drill to detail in worksheet data, but not graph data. For more information, see "About drilling to detail").	Use the Drill dialog
Drill out	Drill out to a worksheet, Internet URL, or file stored in the database. You can drill out in worksheet data, but not graph data. For more information, see "About drill links".
Drill out to worksheet (displayed when you click a drill out icon)	Drill out to a worksheet. For more information, see "About drill links".
Drill out to Internet URL (displayed when you click a drill out icon)	Drill out to an Internet URL. For more information, see "About drill links".