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Drill-Down

The built-in drill-down capability allows you to change the detail level of data displayed in dashboard items on the fly. To learn more about drill-down concepts common to all dashboard items, see the Drill-Down topic.

The Pie dashboard item supports drill-down on argument or series values.

Drill Down on an Argument

When drill down on an argument is enabled, you can click a pie segment to view a detail diagram for the corresponding argument value.

Anim_Pies_DrillDownOnArguments

Note

When Filtering by Arguments is enabled, you can view the details by double-clicking a pie segment.

Drill down on an argument requires that the Arguments section contains several data items, from the least detailed to the most detailed item.

Pies_Interactivity_DrillDown_Arguments_DataItems

To enable drill down on an argument, click the Drill Down button in the Data Ribbon tab (or the Chart_Interactivity_DrillDown_Toolbar button if you are using the toolbar menu)...

Chart_Interactivity_DrillDown_Ribbon

...and the Arguments button (or the Pies_Interactivity_MasterFilter_Arguments_Toolbar button if you are using the toolbar menu).

Pies_Interactivity_MasterFilter_Arguments_Ribbon

Drill Down on a Series

When drill down on a series is enabled, you can click a pie chart to view a detail diagram for the corresponding series value.

Anim_Pies_DrillDownOnSeries

Note

When Filtering by Series is enabled, you can view the details by double-clicking a pie chart.

Drill down on a series requires that the Series section contains several data items, from the least detailed to the most detailed item.

Pies_Interactivity_DrillDown_Series_DataItems

To enable drill down on a series, click the Drill Down button in the Data Ribbon tab (or the Chart_Interactivity_DrillDown_Toolbar button if you are using the toolbar menu)...

Chart_Interactivity_DrillDown_Ribbon

...and the Series button (or the Pies_Interactivity_MasterFilter_Series_Toolbar button if you are using the toolbar menu).

Pies_Interactivity_MasterFilter_Series_Ribbon

Drill Up

To return to the previous detail level (drill up), use the Drill Up button (the DrillDown_DrillUpArrow icon) in the caption area of the Pie dashboard item, or the Drill Up command in the context menu.