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How to Add a Drill Through in Power BI

Updated on:
June 5, 2026
By:
Madhav Bhandari
Use this interactive demo to learn how to set up a Drill Through in your Power BI report.

Quick summary

A Drill Through in Power BI lets you create a dedicated report page that surfaces detailed data when users right-click a data point in any visual. Setting it up requires selecting a field from the Data pane and dragging it into the Drill Through section of the Visualizations pane.


Steps

  1. In the Data pane, click the table that contains the field you want to use for the drill-through target.
  2. Select your preferred field and drag it into the Drill Through section in the Visualizations pane.
  3. Open the Filter menu and select one of the available filter options.
  4. Tick the checkbox next to the dataset you want to apply to the drill-through filter.
  5. Once all steps are complete, the Drill Through is added to your Power BI report based on your configuration.

📌 Why this matters

Drill Through is one of Power BI's most powerful interactive reporting features, allowing analysts and business users to navigate from a high-level summary visual directly to a detailed, context-filtered report page with a single right-click. This capability eliminates the need to build separate static reports for every data segment, saving significant development time. By enabling users to explore granular data on demand, Drill Through improves decision-making speed and report usability across teams. Mastering this feature is essential for anyone building professional-grade, self-service Power BI dashboards.
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