Alternating drill links

In this recipe, we will learn about a limitation of drill links and how to overcome it using Render Variable.

Let's say there is a crosstab report which shows sales quantity by month and order method. We need to provide a drill-through facility from the intersection. However, the drill-through target needs to be different depending on the order method.

If the order method is e-mail, the drill-through from the intersection should go to a report called Alternating Drill Link—Drill Report 2. For all other order methods, it should go to Alternating Drill Link—Drill Report 1.

Getting ready

Create a crosstab report to serve as the main report. Drag Month key (ship date) on rows, Order method type on columns and Quantity on the intersection.

Create two list reports to serve as drill reports. In the sample provided with this book, we have used two list reports for this. One accepts the Order method and Month. The other accepts only Month and is designed to work for the order method...