Question

You get a sales report every month to show the products sold from each state. You notice the sales from California are down from last month, so you click on the state to get more detailed information on each sales person. You notice one salesperson sold 10% of what he did the previous year. This is an example of a(n) ________ report.

Answer 1

Answer: This is an example of a DRILL DOWN report

Explanation:

Drill down means to seek out detailed additional information on a specific subject. It involves clicking on a subject, or link or object to reveal more detail about a particular information.

To drill down through a series of information means you want to get a specific information, it involves accessing information but starting first with the general options before proceeding through the database to get successive ideas on the subject matter. Most times people drill down on an information when they have only the summary, then they will "dig Futher" to get suitable information according to their logic.