Creating a new drill

Uwaga: The current filter type and available data items are displayed.

Uwaga: If you create more than one drill for a data item, each drill is shown in the Drill Edit dialog as a separate tab.

To create a new drill:

Highlight the required data item on the list.
Double click on the item, or from the File menu select New. The Create New Drill Association dialog is displayed.
Enter a lookup code and description.

Uwaga: Characters that can be used for lookup codes are A-Z (upper case) and a-z (lower case) from the English alphabet, plus '-' hyphen and '_' underscore.

Uwaga: The lookup code is verified as unique for the given filter type and a new filter is created with the supplied details. If the lookup code is not unique, an error message is displayed and you are prompted for a different lookup code.

Uwaga: You can see lookup codes that have already been used in order to avoid duplication. Click the Query button in the Lookup Code field.
Use the radio buttons to choose between:

Drill Function

Use Drill Function to select from the drop-down list of business functions.

Drill Filter

Use Drill Filter to select from the drop-down list of available filters. You can only drill to a filter if it contains runtime parameters. If it does not contain any, a warning message is displayed.
Use the next set of radio buttons to choose between Drill Down or Drill Around.
The Take value from calling function check box allows you to determine whether a runtime parameter form is displayed when the user drills from a control desk. If the box is checked the user will not see a runtime form. If it is not checked, they will be presented with a runtime parameter form.

The available run time parameters for the filter are displayed in the Run Time Parameters dialog.

You may now wish to associate data source items to run time parameters or map a form to your drill.

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