Drill Through In Ibm Cognos Series 7 - IBM Cognos User Manual

Transformer version 8.x and later this is not required; the source value will always
be passed as the business key to relational target reports.

Drill Through in IBM Cognos Series 7

Drill-through settings in Cognos Transformer models are maintained for building
PowerCubes for use in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Mobile Analysis or in
IBM Cognos Series 7 products. This is possible only when the cube is designed
without custom views. Setting the drill-through properties in a Cognos
Transformer model has no effect on the drill-through actions in IBM Cognos
reporting or analysis.
Drill-through Targets
Three drill-through actions are supported for PowerPlay and IBM Cognos Business
Intelligence Mobile Analysis.
These drill-through actions are:
v between a PowerCube (.mdc file) and an Impromptu Query Definition (.iqd) file
v from one cube to another, to overcome row or category limitations or to link
v between a PowerPlay report (.ppr or .ppx file) and an Impromptu report (.imr
Drill Through with Impromptu Query Definition Files:
If your model uses an Impromptu Query Definition (.iqd) file as a data source, and
IBM Cognos Impromptu is installed, Cognos Transformer automatically adds the
corresponding Impromptu report (.imr file) to the drill-down list for each measure.
The correct filter is passed to display the appropriate Impromptu data, according
to the dimension line in the OLAP report.
Drill Through Without Impromptu Query Definition Files:
If your model is not based on an .iqd file, or if you want to view details of
destinations other than .imr reports, you can add the target files to a drill-through
list.
These drill-through lists are:
v the list on the Drill Through tab of the Measure property sheet, if you are
v the list on the Drill Through tab of the PowerCube property sheet, if the
Drill Through Constraints:
You can use the Cognos Transformer user interface or Model Definition Language
(MDL) to set up drill through to a wide variety of target reports simply by adding
the destination filenames to the appropriate drill-through list. However, if the
target file is renamed to make it more meaningful to your users, you must update
the drill-through information in your model, then recreate and redeploy the cube.
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cubes that cannot be created from one model because they are stored in different
places or updated at different times
file), to show users the same or different measures (such as count) to the
transaction level of detail, when only summary data is included in the cube
restricting the drill-down capability to a single measure
drill-down capability applies to any point in the cube