Drilling into OLAP

The Drill Down feature retrieves data from the MDD cube following the hierarchy down to the granular level. When you find a specific item to learn more about, such as a product line, you can drill down into the item label. You can drill down on more than one item and additionally drill down on all items at the same time.

For a member drill down, any row or column label can be drilled into so that you can view the structure of the hierarchies for any particular dimension. Every time you select a specific label in a dimension row or column, you show only the data for that label value. When you select the dimension tab for a level, you show all the members of that dimension level.

For a measure drill down, you can show how different measures consolidate together. A drill down on a measure is done on a progressive basis, one level at a time on a 1 to n path (sequential rather than nested). For example, if Profit is the parent of Tax and Pre-Tax Profit, and Revenue and Expenses are children of Pre-Tax Profit, then the Tax and Pre-Tax columns are drilled down first and you must select the Pre-Tax label to display the Revenue and Expense columns.

Note:

You cannot set filters while in a drilled-down state on a dimension.

To drill down on a label:

Select a label.

Click Drill Down on the shortcut menu.

You can select a label and choose Action, then Drill Down.

Note:

Essbase only: For a measure drill down, you can show how different measures consolidate together. A drill down on a measure is done on a progressive basis, one level at a time on a 1 to n path (sequential rather than nested). For example, if Profit is the parent of Tax and Pre-Tax Profit, and Revenue and Expenses are children of Pre-Tax Profit, then the Tax and Pre-Tax columns are drilled down first and you must double-click the Pre-Tax label to display the Revenue and Expense columns.