What is the difference between drill down and drill through?

Answer Posted / ram

Drill Down @ When you move from summary level to detail
level in the same report and in the same hierarchy.

Drill Up @ When you move back from detail level to summary
level in the same report and in the same hierarchy.

Drill Across @ When you need to move from one hierarchy to
another.

Drill Through @ When you need to get additional detail
data from the Database or from any other report.

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