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17. Drill Through

17.4 Using Drill Through

Steps in Power BI – from the City Summary page

  1. On City Summary, build a bar chart: Y-axis = Store Name, X-axis = Total Orders, with a City slicer set to Pune.
  2. Right-click the Blinkit Kothrud Hub bar › Drill through › Dark Store Details.
  3. The target page opens, filtered to that store. Check the drill-through filter card in the Filters pane.
  4. Click the Back button. In Desktop, hold Ctrl while clicking buttons. In the Service or in Reading view, a normal click works.

Drill-through button (more discoverable than right-click)

  1. Insert › Buttons › Blank. Set Format button › Button › Action = On, Type = Drill through, Destination = Dark Store Details.
  2. Button › Text: "Select a store, then click for details". Use fx on the text so it says "Click to see " & SELECTEDVALUE(DarkStore[Store Name]) & " details" when a store is selected.
  3. The button is disabled until the user selects exactly one store in a visual. Style the Disabled state (grey) and add a Disabled tooltip text such as "Select one store first".

Ravindra Bagale's Tip

Friends, many students forget the Back button, which leaves users stuck on a hidden page. Power BI adds one automatically when you set up drill through; keep it, place it in the same spot on every detail page, and test the full path as a user would. This matters for both exams and interviews.