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title: "Selecting Breakdown Parameters"
slug: "selecting-breakdown-parameters"
updated: 2025-12-25T11:25:43Z
published: 2025-12-25T11:25:43Z
canonical: "docs.sightmachine.com/selecting-breakdown-parameters"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.sightmachine.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Selecting Breakdown Parameters

You can drill down into each KPI by clicking the progress bar that shows the KPI value, or by clicking the Add a Breakdown button, and then selecting a Breakdown variable from a list of options (for example, Machine, Shift, Defect Category, Defect Reason, Product SKU, etc.). All Categorical data fields are available as Breakdown variables.

![](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/iEl7EEDzwy38Ixy5BPp2RMDNqvEBdX3lXWBle0iFrGm0fkpAZODR2rib_0MW5tiMxhCjh2A3vZZffsoiy6g-9pZ4ouoYhg_6E4agRO18900_g1E7Rc_RN110V3DRyhPQuDCyW43xYfqKa1drWOpj4as)

At each drill-down, Sight Machine automatically surfaces the 3 least optimal KPI values, enabling quick identification of the largest losses. To view all of the components and not just the Top 3 values, click Show All.

Each successive drill-down in the KPI Explorer applies the Breakdown variable as a filter on top of the Breakdown variable that you previously selected.

![](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/es1mQUYfodDg9_dWlrZLo2ieizH-XyRjeqqteT7KSW2VCNynSZixVIaYUt7q831Gl13LsA0LP6BOp41WW69D4vIbNYgQ0d1Qgs01hovMTruxHkAHYCAel1HyD7oS44fQldmH9CoX_VnSpdLl0sNct7k)

Click the KPI drop-down menu to explore a different KPI of interest. You can also click Time Range to modify the time range over which the KPI is computed.

![](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/Bo8-eU_GHbLHMLT1QtrxzmVVQw_Ru0d-oyE1e3rGW1xdkJxqD3qmZqLlyXd0CuL8RQ5rJLdLpfVtrbysXYxecdQnfBPy6y3ugaObUZXM8miHe2BsXFCoEtSBYSbH0ByBT2wj9PD2JLbElh8sFtB0Ph4)