Alternating drill link
In this recipe, we will learn about a limitation of drill link and overcoming it using Render Variable.
There is a crosstab report which shows sales quantity by month and order method. We need to provide drill-through facility from the intersection. However, the drill-through target needs to be different, depending on the order method.
If order method is e-mail, the drill-through from 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 (shipment) on rows, Order method on columns and Sales 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 'E-mail'.
