1. Presentation Title | May 4, 2009
Drill Down URLs
Greg Chick – Senior Associate Director
Office of Financial Aid Services

2. • UMB & Financial Aid
• What is a Drill-Down URL?
• How to Design
• Walkthrough
• Examples
• Question and Answer
Agenda

4. • Founded in 1964 – merged with Boston
State College in 1982
• Public university with an urban mission
• 16,756 students – graduate and
undergraduate
• Commuter campus – Division III Athletics
• Neighbors the JFK Presidential Library and
Edward M. Kennedy Institute
University of Massachusetts Boston

5. Finish your query – Add lots of fields &
order them
Process

6. Expressions tab -> Add Expression
Expression Type = Drilling URL
Component URL
Process

7. Click ‘Add Content Reference Link’
Process

8. Navigate to desired menu
Menu Action = Update
Click ‘Search Keys’
Process

9. Click checkbox in Selection Flag column
Click Field Lookup in same row
Process

10. Click the correct field
Process

11. Go through each row, clicking the box in
each row then the Field Lookup
Process

12. Click ‘Map Columns’
Select which field the link populates
Process

13. Run the query
Click your new link
Process

14. New window opens to your link!
Process

15. Click ‘Add Content Reference Link’
Navigate to desired menu
Process

16. Click ‘Add Content Reference Link’
Navigate to desired menu
Process

17. Click ‘Add Content Reference Link’
Navigate to desired menu
Process