How Links, Drilling, and Selectors Work Together

When an object in a report on a document is underlined, such as Central in the example below, you can click it.

Document with an underlined object on a grid

An object can be underlined because it is any of the following:

A link (to another document or to a report)
A selector (that displays a different object in a grid or graph)
A drill (to another level of aggregation, as defined by a drill path)
Any combination of these possibilities

If Central is a link, a selector, and a drill, what happens when you click it? It functions as a selector, because you can access the link and the drill from the drop-down menu, unlike selectors. In the example above, hovering your cursor over the underlined object displays the drop-down icon. When you click the icon, the link (Employee Data by Region) and the drill (Drill to Call Center) are displayed.

When you click Northeast in the example shown above, the graph on the right displays the values for Northeast, as shown below:

After Northeast is clicked in the grid, Northeast values are displayed in the graph

If the object has a default link and a drill, the link name (in the example below, Employee Data by Region) is displayed when you hover the cursor over the object. If you click the object, the link is executed. By definition, a default link is the action that occurs when the link is clicked, so it takes precedence over the drill, both for the action and what is displayed.

Document with default link and drill on an object

If you click Central, the target report is executed, displaying information about employees in the Central region, as shown below.

Target report of link

In this second document, just as in the first example, the drop-down menu icon is displayed when you hover the cursor over the underlined object. If you click the icon, the link and the drill are displayed. To drill from region to call center, select the drill in the menu.

Document with default link and drill on an object, showing drop-down menu

The drilled-to report is shown below:

Drilled-to report, displaying call centers

How Links, Drilling, and Selectors Work Together

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