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title: "Define Drilldowns"
slug: "define-drilldowns"
updated: 2026-02-23T08:32:17Z
published: 2026-02-23T08:32:17Z
canonical: "documentation.lakesidesoftware.com/define-drilldowns"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://documentation.lakesidesoftware.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Define Drilldowns

Grids and Charts can be configured to drill down and display one of the following:

- [SysTrack Resolve](/documentation/docs/define-drilldowns#configure-a-drilldown-to-systrack-resolve)
- [SysTrack Site Visualizer](/documentation/docs/define-drilldowns#configure-a-drilldown-to-systrack-site-visualizer)
- [A SysTrack Dashboard](/documentation/docs/define-drilldowns#configure-a-drilldown-to-another-systrack-dashboard)
- [A Custom URL](/documentation/docs/define-drilldowns#configure-a-drilldown-to-a-custom-url)

If a drilldown is activated for a column in the grid, a blue circle appears in the column header .

![](https://cdn.document360.io/87d11426-6b1f-4b19-b593-b71e55a81af3/Images/Documentation/drill-down_dot.png)

1. Select the Query Data block containing the data for the grid or chart.
2. From the Object tab, for SysTrack release 8.0 and above, click the **Column Settings** button, (or for SysTrack 7.2, click the **Drilldown** button).

![](https://cdn.document360.io/87d11426-6b1f-4b19-b593-b71e55a81af3/Images/Documentation/drill-down_resolve.png)
3. Check the **Enabled** option in the Drilldown Definition section.
4. Select the **Drilldown Type** from the drop-down menu (Custom, Resolve, Site Visualizer, or Dashboard).
5. Select the column that contains the system name to which you want to drill down.

## Configure a Drill-Down to SysTrack Resolve

1. Select **Resolve** as the **Drilldown Type**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/87d11426-6b1f-4b19-b593-b71e55a81af3/Images/Documentation/drill-down_resolve.png)
2. Select the column that contains the system name to which you want to drill down.
3. Select the SysTrack Resolve page you wish to open (.e.g **Overview**, **Black Box**, **Health** etc.). The **Drilldown URL** tied to your current selections displays.
4. Click the **Done** button to complete the setup.

## Configure a Drill-down to SysTrack Site Visualizer

1. Select **Site Visualizer** as the **Drilldown Type**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/87d11426-6b1f-4b19-b593-b71e55a81af3/Images/Documentation/drill-down_sitevisualizer.png)
2. Specify the column that contain the name of the **Master Server** name. If your data does not contain Master Server information, you can select **Use the current server.**
3. Specify the column that contains the **Group** name. If your data does not include the Group name, you can select **Use All Systems Group**.
4. Select the dataset, (e.g. **Software Packages**) that you want to have preselected when Site Visualizer opens. The **Drilldown URL** tied to your current selections displays.

## Configure a Drill-down to another SysTrack Dashboard

1. Select **Dashboard** as the **Drilldown Type**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/87d11426-6b1f-4b19-b593-b71e55a81af3/Images/Documentation/drill-down_dash1.png)
2. Select the name of the dashboard you wish to open. The **Drilldown URL** tied to your current selections displays.

## Configure a drill-down to Specific Information on another SysTrack Dashboard

To connect to a specific place on another dashboard (for example, system data for a specific user), your destination dashboard must have parameters in the SQL query and be configured to accept external information via a Page Context block. For more information see [Defining a Page Context Data Block.](/documentation/docs/use-a-page-context-data-block)

1. Select **Dashboard** as the **Drilldown Type**.
2. Select the name of the dashboard you wish to open. The **Drilldown Definition** will include a **Dashboard Parameters** section.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/87d11426-6b1f-4b19-b593-b71e55a81af3/Images/Documentation/drill-down-dash2.png)
3. Select the dashboard parameter from the **Set dashboard parameter** drop-down menu.
4. From the **to value from column** drop-down menu, select where the value for that parameter should come from, or key in a **static value**.
5. Click the **Add Parameter** button.
6. Repeat steps 3 through 5 above for each parameter you wish to add to the Drilldown URL.

## Configure a Drill-Down to a Custom URL

The Custom option opens a URL when the user double-clicks the cell in the grid. To set up a drilldown to a custom URL:

1. Select **Custom** as the **Drilldown Type**.
2. Enter or cut and paste the URL into the **Drilldown URL** field.
3. You can insert the value of a cell from the selected row into the URL so that when a user double-clicks a cell in the grid to drilldown, the contents of the cell will be passed along with the URL:
  1. Place the cursor where you want to insert the value.
  2. Select the column, and click the **Insert** button. The inserted value is marked with **@{**<inserted value>**}**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/87d11426-6b1f-4b19-b593-b71e55a81af3/Images/Documentation/drill_down_custom_url.png)