Interaction pattern

Drill-down / drill-up

Move through a defined hierarchy inside one visual. Requires an explicit hierarchy in the model or visual field well.

Native — hierarchy in the field well

Revenue drill-down

Level 1 of 4: region

Simulation of native Power BI behaviour

Filter contextTop of hierarchy

Revenue by region

CentralWestSouthEastNorth

Click a column to drill into the next level. The header stays stable so the user never loses the reading context.

Power BI limitation

Power BI drill-down only follows the hierarchy defined in the field well. Users cannot re-order levels at runtime unless you expose a field parameter.