Drill or Expand the Geographic Hierarchy in a Geographical Map

The following display is an example of a geographical map that has geographic hierarchies defined.

The US Regions Hierarchy Level

You can perform these tasks on a geographical map to drill or expand the geographic hierarchy:

Click and then click a colored geographical map region (which is a member in the currently displayed geographic hierarchy level). The geographical map is redrawn to display the regions (members) for the next hierarchy level down while keeping the context of the current hierarchy level. For example, if you select the Midwestern states in The US Regions Hierarchy Level , then the geographical map retains the context of the selected region and uses that information to determine which states should appear in the following display. The legend to the right of the geographical map changes to display the values for the expanded region.

In the US Regions Hierarchy Level, the West N. Central Member Has Been Expanded to Display Values for the State Hierarchy Level
Click and then click an expanded region to collapse it.
Click and then click a colored geographical map region (which is a member in the currently displayed geographic hierarchy level). The geographical map is redrawn to display the regions (members) for the next hierarchy level down. For example, if you select the state of Iowa in In the US Regions Hierarchy Level, the West N. Central Member Has Been Expanded to Display Values for the State Hierarchy Level, then the geographical map retains the context of the selected state and uses that information to determine which counties should appear in the following display. The legend to the right of the geographical map changes to display the values for the drilled state.

In the US Regions Hierarchy Level, the West N. Central Member Has Been Drilled to Display Values for the County Hierarchy Level
Click to remove the last drill-down action that you performed.