Drill Through Grid Interaction in Spotlight
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When you perform a drill through from a model view, you can interact with the resulting Drill Through report in the following ways:

  • Drag and drop a single column, a range of columns, or multiple columns to reorder them

  • Adjust the width of a single column, a range of columns, or multiple columns

  • Turn filters on or off

  • Sort column data in ascending or descending order

  • Select the code, name and label display for members

In Practice

  1. Open a view by navigating to Analyze > Data and selecting a view.

  2. Click the Drill Through icon as shown below. The Drill Through report is displayed.

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  3. Select a column or columns to reorder and drag and drop as shown in the image below.

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  4. Sort the column in ascending or descending order.

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  5. Turn filters on or off.

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  6. Display dimension members by code, name or label (the default is set to label which is name+code). If you change the default to code in the Reporting module, for example, and save then the setting is retained when accessed via Spotlight. You cannot save the setting from Spotlight.

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  7. Adjust column width as needed.

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  8. Select to display or hide specific columns.

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    For information on Doc Ref, Lines, and Sublines, see Dynamic Reports: Enhanced Drilling on Dynamic Report Output

Important Details:

  • Data is displayed in the same currency and formatted as loaded or upon input into the application for QTD and YTD or multi-currency calculations in Drill Through reports,

  • Subline amounts are stored in local currency and currency conversions do not exist.

  • Calculated members, calculations, and Excel formulas, are not supported in Drill Through reports.

  • All template types are supported except for Template based HR, Actual Data Template, and Initiative templates.

  • Drill Through is not supported with Multiple POV on a cell.


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