Power BI - Using Drill through

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Overview

Drill through in Power BI is a powerful feature that allows users to create focused reports and visuals, providing detailed information about specific data points. It allows users to navigate from a summary view to a more detailed view. Drill through keeps the context of the data point selected in the main report. If you select a specific bar in a bar chart, the drill through report will show details relevant to that bar only. Follow the steps mentioned below to perform a cross report drill-through

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1. Go to main report page: Go to the original report page that you will start from.

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2. Interact with a visual: Click on a data point in a visual that's related to navigate to the drill-through detail report that's set up. For instance, if you can either select a bar chart or directly right click over it as shown below in step 3.

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3. Right-click on the data point: In the context menu that appears, you should see an option under "Drill-through" that corresponds to the drill-through page or detail report.

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4. Select the drill-through option: Click on the drill-through option, Power BI will navigate to your drill-through page, showing the detailed view for the data point you selected. In the example shown below, clicking the Student Registrations Detail will take us to the detail report page.

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5. Navigate back to the main report: Once you're done exploring the drill-through view, you can return to the main report by clicking the back arrow at the top left corner of the report canvas.

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