Drill Path Types: Drilling Up, Down, Across, or to a Template

A drill path can be one of the following types:

• Up: The destination can be any attribute, consolidation, custom group, or hierarchy, and does not have to be related to the original object. The destination is shown as part of the Drill Up menu when a user right-clicks and selects Drill in the report.
• Down: This is similar to Up, except that the destination is shown as part of the Drill Down menu when a user right-clicks and selects Drill.
• Across: This is also similar to Up, except that the destination is shown as part of the Other Directions menu when a user right-clicks and selects Drill.
• Template: This allows you to replace the template of the original report template with a completely different destination template. Select the template to use as the destination template.
• Drill Map: Use this as a shortcut to the drill paths of another drill map, by selecting an existing drill map to use as the destination. You cannot select an attribute, consolidation, custom group, or hierarchy as the destination.
• The destinations of those drill paths are displayed along with the destinations that you have created. For example, you select a drill map that drills up to Brand. You already have a drill path up to Subcategory. When a user selects Drill and Up, both Brand and Subcategory are displayed.

If you select a drill map or hierarchy as the destination, you cannot define any settings, such as priority or page by display, for the drill path.