About drill downs

A drill down provides access from an activity to a lower-level diagram (also known as a child diagram).

A single activity may involve a number of activities in order for the activity to be performed. These activities are defined in a child diagram. Child diagrams provide a means of describing a process in as much detail as is necessary for a user to easily undertake a specific task with the minimum amount of ambiguity.

When a child diagram is created, all links are maintained within the parent and child relationship. If a child diagram is copied between diagrams or other process maps, all associated information and attachments are also maintained.

Diagrams are uniquely hierarchically numbered. The top-level diagram is level 1, the second-level diagram is 1.x, where x is the activity number that the drill down links parent to child diagram (for example, if a child diagram is accessed from activity 3 on the top-level diagram, the child diagram will be 1.3). The third-level diagrams are 1.x.x, and so on.

Drill downs to lower levels appear as arrows on an activity box, as shown below. When these arrows are clicked the user will be taken to the child diagram.

The example below demonstrates that in order to sell products and services there are four steps involved, which are outlined in a lower-level diagram. In fact, it is possible that any of the four steps may themselves drill-down to lower-level diagrams.