Filter

Filter

With filter widgets, you can control which data is displayed in the visualizations on a storyboard page. By applying the filters, you reduce the amount of data that you need to analyze. This helps you focus only on the data of your interest.

When to use

Use a filter widget to reduce the amount of data that you want to display in your visualizations. For example, if a visualization presents your company's sales per month, you can apply a filter to view only the sales for a specific product line.

You can use the following filter types:

  • Dropdown – Select one value or all the values from the dropdown list. The drop-down list shows the records from the column that is used for filtering.

    This filter type is available if you select a column that contains dimensions.

  • Single select – Select one option from the list. The list shows the records from the column that is used for filtering.

    This filter type is available if you select a column that contains dimensions.

  • Multi select – Select several values from the list. The list shows the records from the column that is used for filtering.

    This filter type is available if you select a column that contains dimensions.

  • Expression – Enter a mathematical expression that you want to use for filtering the data in a non-aggregated status. For example, if you use the Sales Cost column for filtering and enter the expression >100, the filtered visualization shows only the data items for which the sales cost is higher than 100.

    You can use the following symbols.

    SymbolUse this item to
    =

    Show only the data items whose value is equal to the specified value. For example, use "=100" to show only the data whose value is equal to 100.

    >

    Show only the data items whose value is greater than the specified value. For example, use ">100" to show only the data whose value is greater than 100.

    >=

    Show only the data items whose value is greater than or equal to the specified value. For example, use ">=100" to show only the data whose value is greater than or equal to 100.

    <Show only the data items whose value is less than the specified value. For example, use "<100" to show only the data whose value is less than 100.
    <=

    Show only the data items whose value is less than or equal to the specified value. For example, use "<=100" to show only the data whose value is less than or equal to 100.

    ><

    <>

    Show a range of numeric values. For example, use ">100<500" to show only the data whose value is more than 100 and less than 500, or "<500>100" to show only the data whose value is less than 500 and more than 100.

    >= <=

    <= >=

    Show a range of numeric values. For example, use ">=100<=500" to show only the data whose value is greater than or equal to 100 and less than or equal to 500, or "<=500>=100" to show only the data whose value is less than or equal to 500 and greater than or equal to 100.

    This filter type is available if you select a column that contains measures.

You can apply filters to the following visualization types.

For details on adding filters, see Add filter widgets.

Use case

View the following examples for using filter widgets.

Tip: Depending on your needs, you can choose to have multiple filter widgets instead of one filter widget with several filters on a storyboard.

References

For details on how to customize your widget, see Visualization settings (appearance tab).

For a whole list of visualizations, see the following topics:

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