Drill down on a chart

The dashboard designer may configure your chart to be drilled down either by the predefined sequence, or you can change the drill down order yourself. Drilling down allows you to view the graph by a different dimension and/or at a lower level.

For example, in the IDs Submitted dashboard, if you click on a point on the line graph, you may view the graph by Carrier. You can also view a specific area point on the line graph (drill down) by a different dimension, for example, see all the 24 IDs Submitted on Sep 2016 broken down by Carrier.

Drill down by a custom sequence

We recommend to change the chart type to a bar chart before drilling down. Right-click the chart and navigate to Chart type > Bar.


Change the dimension on the chart

  1. Change the chart type to Bar (optional, but recommended).
  2. Click any point on the chart.
  3. On the "Drill down" screen, select the required dimension in the "Drill down by" options list.
  4. Click OK.

For example, we can change the drill down on the IDs Submitted dashboard.

Change the chart type to a bar via the context menu:

The chart is switched to a bar chart.

To view this same chart broken down by carrier, click the first bar. On the "Drill down" screen, select "Carrier" in the Drill down by options list and select "Drill down" in the "Orientation" list. Click OK.

The chart is shown as a stacked bar showing carriers.

To view the chart broken down by Device over a specific dimension value (Sep 16), click on the Sep 16 bar chart. On the "Drill down" screen, configure the options as recommended below.

  • Limit to indicates the max dimension values (devices) to display. Default is 20. To see all possible devices, select All. The Top option indicates the top 20 and Bottom indicates the bottom 20 devices used. For our example, leave it as 20.
  • Drill down by: set to "Device."
  • Orientation: select "X-axis" to display each device on the X-axis.

The chart now displays all IDs submitted on September, 16 per devices and broken down by the Carrier dimension.

By clicking on the legend, you can select and clear the selection for the dimension value.

Drill down by the predefined sequence

If the designer set your drill down sequence and dimensions in some order, clicking on the data points drills down your data accordingly. You can always return to the initial state by clicking the Home button that appears at the bottom or select the required drill down level from the drop-down list.