HP Storage Essentials Storage Resource Management Report Optimizer Software 6.0 Building Reports Using the Web Intelligence Java Report Panel (August 2008)

Setting up documents for drill analysis376
Note: You need permission from your administrator to drill out of the scope of analysis
during a drill session.
Drilling on measures in tables and sections
When you drill on a measure value, Web Intelligence performs the drill action one level
down for each related dimension in the block and displays the new measure calculation
for the displayed dimensions.
Example: Drill on annual sales revenue results to see the breakdown by city and
quarter
For example, you drill down on the year 2003 sales revenue value for California, which is
displayed on a crosstab that shows sales revenue by year in by state.
The drilled report displays sales revenue by quarter by city for California – the state on
which you drilled.
The following section of this guide tells you how to do the following drill analysis on
measures displayed on tables and sections:
• drill up
• drill down
For information about drilling on measure values displayed on charts, see ”Drilling on
measures in charts” on page 382.
Drilling down on a measure value
To drill down on a measure value:
1. Verify you are in Drill mode.
The Drill ToolTip
shows you which
dimension levels
you will drill to
The Drill toolbar shows you which values for year and state are filtering
the results displayed in the drilled crosstab