Drill on a Member or Set

You can drill up or down on members and sets within IBM® Cognos® Workspace Advanced.

In crosstabs, drilling down on a member adds the member's children so the crosstab displays both the member and its children. Drilling up on a member adds the member's parent set so the crosstab displays both the member and its parent set.

In charts, drilling down on a legend member or x-axis member displays that member's children. Drilling up on a legend title or axis title displays the parent set of the member you drilled on.

Note: You can enable drill-up or drill-down links or double-click drilling in the Edit Options.

To allow drilling in the report output, such as HTML output, you must enable drilling (Data, Drill Options).

Procedure

  1. Double-click a member to drill down.

    Tip: You can also click a member, click the explore button explore icon, and click Drill Down or Drill Up. Or you can right-click a member and click Drill Down or Drill Up.

  2. Double-click the parent to drill up.