Report Services Document Analysis Guide - MicroStrategy

Report Services Document Analysis Guide Analyzing Documents in MicroStrategy Web 3
• A selector (that displays a different attribute element in a grid or graph)
• A drill (to another level of aggregation, as defined by a drill path)
• Any combination of these possibilities
If Northeast is a link, a selector, and a drill, what happens when you click it?
It functions as a selector, because you can access the link and the drill from
the right-click menu, unlike selectors. When you click Northeast in the
example shown above, the graph on the right displays the values for
Northeast, as shown below:
If Northeast has a default link and a drill, the link is executed when
Northeast is clicked, as shown below. By definition, a default link is the
action that occurs when the link is clicked, so it takes precedence over the
drill. In this case, the target document is executed, displaying information
about employees in the Northeast region.
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