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8. Drilling into a figure

There are two ways to go deeper, both by double-clicking.

Open a category into its members

When the rows are a category — Customer – Region, say — double-click a row's label to replace the grid with the customers inside that region. A banner names the group you are in; Back to groups returns.

Cell Details: what is behind one number

Double-click any cell holding a figure to open Cell Details. It starts with summary metrics for that cell alone — transactions, units, margin, margin % and margin per unit — with Add metrics for more. Beneath are two tabs that split the same figure by the two dimensions the grid is not showing:

Grid on screenFirst tabSecond tab
Customer by PeriodProductSalesRep
Customer by ProductSalesRepPeriod
Product by SalesmanCustomerPeriod

Open a group in either tab to see the individual transactions behind it, and Back to groups to return. The download and print icons in the popup's header export just what it is showing, to Excel or PDF.

The Cell Details popup open over the grid: summary metrics for one cell across the top, an Add metrics control, two tabs grouping the figure by Product and by SalesRep, and Excel and PDF icons in the popup header.
Cell Details. The answer to “what is behind this number?” without rebuilding the report.
The popup is a window you can arrange

Drag its title bar to move it and any edge to resize it; the table inside grows with it. Its position and size are remembered in this browser for about a month.