Although it can be done manually, the Drilldown wizard
automates the process of creating the click event, identifying the
destination scene, and mapping the required scene parameters.
About this task
The ability to drill down to additional information is a
very important navigation feature. It enables users to click an object
and jump to another scene that contains more information that relates
specifically to the original object's value. The Drilldown wizard
is available for all layout objects that can display query result
data (support data templates).Note: You can also create click events,
identify the destination scene and map the required scene parameters
manually.
To set up a click event to a new destination scene
using the Drilldown wizard:
Procedure
- From the Project Explorer view,
expand the layout object's folder to which you want to add the click
event navigation feature. Expand the data template folder for that
layout object. Expand the level folder. Right-click the object to
which you want to apply the click event and select Drilldown from
the pop-up menu. You can also open the object in the editor and right-click
the object in the editor window. The Drilldown wizard
opens.
- The first page of the wizard summarizes the steps necessary
to create the click event.
- Click Next..
On the
first page of the Drilldown wizard, select the query result data columns
whose values you would like to pass through to your target scene.
Any data values that you pass can be used by the target scene to deliver
additional information that applies specifically to that originating
data value. Use the arrow keys to move the data columns from the Available
fields list box to the Fields to be displayed list box. Each data
column that you add to the Fields to be displayed list is passed to
the destination scene as a parameter.
- Click Next
On the
second page of the Drilldown wizard, specify the scene to jump to.
Choose from the Location radio group to determine whether the drilldown
action will jump to a scene in the currently selected dashboard, or
in another visual project.
- Select This dashboard to jump to a scene
in the currently selected dashboard.
- Select Another visual project to jump to
a scene or a page in another visual project. The Visual
project field becomes available.
Use the ellipsis (...)
to browse for the visual project you would like to jump to.
- Click Retrieve Parameters to select from
the available parameters of the specified visual project.
Note: To
open the visual project in a new tab, select the Open in
new tab check box.
- Select the destination scene that you want the
user to jump to from the Scene list box. If
the scene does not exist, you will be asked to create one. Specify
the viewpoint in the scene by selecting a viewpoint from the Viewpoint list
box.
- Click Next
On the
third page of the Drilldown wizard, specify the destination scene's
parameter values. All the parameters that have been defined for the
destination scene are listed in the Parameter field. These include
parameters that apply only to the destination scene as well as the
parameters for all the data columns that will be passed to the destination
scene.
- Click Finish.
The
click event navigation feature has been set for the layout object.