Act of moving from the general to the specific; enables the examination of the data underlying any summarized form of information in PeopleSoft or from PeopleSoft to other systems from which information was received, for example, nVision is a PeopleSoft [drilldown] tool used with financial data.

The act of moving from the general to the specific. By drilling down you can examine the data underlying any summarized form of information in your PeopleSoft system. You can also drill down from one PeopleSoft system to other systems from which information was received.