---
title: "About Data View Drill Configuration – Enable & Control Drill-Down Behavior in Board"
slug: "about-data-view-drill-configuration"
description: "Learn how to configure Drill behavior in a Board Data View: set default drill paths, limit drills on Entities/Screens/Procedures, allow Drill Throughs, or disable drills entirely."
tags: ["Developer", "Drill Anywhere", "Drill Down", "Drill Through", "Drill-Procedure", "Drill-to-Screen", "Objects"]
updated: 2026-01-29T10:02:40Z
published: 2026-03-31T09:00:24Z
canonical: "help.board.com/about-data-view-drill-configuration"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.board.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# About Data View drill configuration

The Drill function for a Data View can be configured by default for the end user to conduct drill downs on Entities, a Drill-to-Screen, a Drill-Procedure, or deploying a Drill Through by clicking an Entity configured by row. The Drill Anywhere function can be configured to let Planners choose and perform their own drills. The configuration can show all, show selected elements, or be disabled all together for Entities, Screens, Procedures, and Drill Throughs.

## Default Drill Down

You can **configure a default drill-down path** that is saved in the Data View configuration and performed by default in Play Mode.

> [!WARNING]
> **Default Drill downs are deployed** when Planners:
> 
> - click on the Drill Down button
> - double-click the most-nested Entity set By Row.

### Configure default drills, limit drills for planners, or add a drill with a selection filter

The following articles describe the different types of default Drills you can configure and/or allow the end user to configure:

- [Default Drill Down](/v1/docs/drill-down-on-entities)
  - [Limit Drill Down Entities](/v1/docs/drill-down-on-entities#limit-drill-down-entities)
- [Drill-to-Screen](/v1/docs/drill-to-screen)
  - [Default Drill-to-Screen](/v1/docs/drill-to-screen#default-drilltoscreen)
  - [Drill-Screen with selection filter](/v1/docs/drill-to-screen#default-drilltoscreen-with-selection-filter) (from Layout editor)
- [Drill-Procedure](/v1/docs/drill-procedure)
  - [Drill-Procedure with selection](/v1/docs/drill-procedure#drilltoprocedure-with-selection-filter) filter (from Layout editor)
- [Drill Throughs](/v1/docs/drill-throughs)
  - [Drill Through with selection filter](/v1/docs/drill-throughs#drill-through-with-selection-filter) (from Layout editor)