Setting Up Drill-Through Targets; Drill Through In Ibm Cognos Bi - IBM Cognos User Manual

3. In the category viewer, select the categories to be apexed and, from the
4. Open the PowerCube property sheet, and click the Dimensions tab.
5. In the Dimensions list, right-click the dimension in which you created the
6. In the Select a View dialog box, select the dimension view that you created,

Setting Up Drill-through Targets

Drill through provides a mechanism for providing your report and analysis users
with further details or more timely perspectives on the data without burdening the
system resources with intensive data source queries.

Drill Through in IBM Cognos BI

In IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI), drill-through targets are created in IBM
Cognos Connection using package-based (or model-based) drill-through
definitions.
There are several benefits to authoring and storing the drill-through paths in IBM
Cognos Connection instead of in the Cognos Transformer model:
v The Cognos Transformer modeler does not need to specify any target reports or
v When changes to drill-through paths are required, the PowerCube does not have
v Drill-through paths can be defined by report or analysis users.
For more information about specifying drill-through targets in IBM Cognos BI, see
the Administration and Security Guide.
Considerations for Designing Drill-through Targets in IBM
Cognos BI
When you design a PowerCube for use in IBM Cognos BI, you should understand
concepts such as conformed dimensions and Member Unique Names (MUNs). This
understanding will help you create the best environment for successful
drill-through applications when your report and analysis users design drill-through
paths for their own business needs.
For information about designing data for drill through in IBM Cognos BI, see
"Designing Successful IBM Cognos PowerCubes" on page 21.
Note: In Cognos Transformer version 7.x, when the PowerCube was to be used in
a drill-through definition, the Cognos Transformer modeler was required to enable
the Allow drill through for this PowerCube check box on the Drill Through tab
on the PowerCube property sheet. This ensured that the source value was passed
as the business key during PowerCube to relational scenarios. In Cognos
Diagram menu, click Apex.
Note: This action omits all ancestor and sibling categories. If you need to
reverse this command, reapply it at a higher level.
dimension view and click View.
and click OK twice.
settings in the model for the purposes of drill through.
to be rebuilt or updated.
As a result, end users are less affected by cube rebuilds or updates.
Because report or analysis users can define drill-through paths according to their
needs, they are less dependant on the Cognos Transformer modeler.
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