---
title: "Drill Down on Entities"
slug: "drill-down-on-entities"
description: "Learn how Planners and Developers can drill down on Entity hierarchies in a Data View: define drill levels, set allowed paths, and limit depth for performance."
tags: ["Developer", "Objects"]
updated: 2026-02-09T13:35:25Z
published: 2026-02-09T13:35:25Z
canonical: "help.board.com/drill-down-on-entities"
---

> ## 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.

# Drill Down on Entities

> [!CAUTION]
> 💡 In version 14.2.2 and earlier, drill configuration is not available on a Flex Grid.

**To configure the default drill on an Entity**, proceed as follows:

1. **Click on the Drill Anywhere icon (** ![contents/assets/images/drill-settings-16.png](https://cdn.document360.io/8d6f1ae8-0cac-4d0d-a208-6245b83df94a/Images/Documentation/creating-a-data-view-image-bgm2mwl8.png) ).
2. From the popup window, **select the Entity** to drill down on and click "APPLY". The configured drill is performed.
3. Close the Drill Down window and **save the Screen**. The configured drill is now the default drill, both in Design Mode and Play Mode.

End users will still be able to configure other drill-down paths in Play Mode, if the configuration allows. See [Limiting the Drill Down Entities](/v14/docs/drill-down-on-entities#limiting-the-drilldown-entities) below for more details.

> [!NOTE]
> *Screen selections and selections made by the user using Selector Objects (if any) also apply to data in drill-down windows.*
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> *The Drill Down configuration process can also be started by double-clicking on a cell or a row header (a member of the Entity set By Row).*
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> *All Entities are enabled for Drill Down by default.*
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> ***Only one default drill can be configured*** *at a time. To set a default Drill-to-Screen, Drill-to-Procedure, or Drill Through, see the following paragraphs.*

#### Limiting the Drill-down Entities

You can limit drill-down paths that Planners are allowed to configure by selecting the Entities they can drill down on.

To **limit the drill-down Entities** from the "Drill anywhere" window:

1. **Click on the "CONFIGURE" button** to enter the "Drill anywhere configuration" window.

![contents/assets/images/drill.configure.png](https://cdn.document360.io/8d6f1ae8-0cac-4d0d-a208-6245b83df94a/Images/Documentation/creating-a-data-view-image-ol0t0cij.png)
2. **Select the Entities** that you want to show to the end user. These Entities will be the only ones available during the Drill Anywhere configuration in Play Mode.

![contents/assets/images/drill.select.limited.entities.png](https://cdn.document360.io/8d6f1ae8-0cac-4d0d-a208-6245b83df94a/Images/Documentation/creating-a-data-view-image-8mfjht61.png)

You can eliminate drill downs on any Entity all together by switching the toggle for Entities (next to the Entities tab) to off. The Planners will not be able to perform drill downs.

The Entity toggle is enabled by default.

#### Default Drill Down with a selection filter

You can also **configure a default drill-down path** **with a selection filter applied based on the row** (Entity member by row) from the Layout editor.

To **configure a default drill-down path** **with a selection filter applied based on the row**:

1. Select the Data View and open the Layout editor.
2. Go to Object settings.
3. Go to the **Column appearance menu.** You can also change the cell appearance by selecting one of the options listed in the dropdown menu. Click on the "CONFIGURE DRILL" button to configure a Drill on one or more Data Blocks. ![contents/assets/images/drill.from.layout.png](https://cdn.document360.io/8d6f1ae8-0cac-4d0d-a208-6245b83df94a/Images/Documentation/creating-a-data-view-image-q7hqshjn.png)
4. Select the "Entities" subpage and select the Entity you want to create a default drill for and click "APPLY" or double-click the Entity to save the default drill.
5. Save the Layout.

Read more about:

- [**Drill-to-Screen**](/v1/docs/drill-to-screen)
- [**Drill-Procedure**](/v1/docs/drill-procedure)
- [**Drill Throughs**](/v1/docs/drill-throughs)

## Related

- [Drill-to-Screen](/drill-to-screen.md)
- [Drill-Procedure](/drill-procedure.md)
- [Drill Throughs](/drill-throughs.md)
- [About Drill Throughs](/about-drill-throughs.md)
- [Manage Drill Through protocols](/manage-drill-through-protocols.md)
- [Create a Drill Through protocol](/create-a-drill-through-protocol.md)
- [About Data View drill configuration](/about-data-view-drill-configuration.md)
- [Interact with a Data View](/interact-with-a-data-view.md)
- [Create a Data View](/create-a-data-view.md)