Adding a filter widget

You can add a column to the canvas and use it as a widget for filtering data. This type of filter is known as a context filter.

1. Click the Sources icon and expand the data asset that you want to use.
   If you don't see the Sources icon, click the Edit icon .
2. Drag the column that you want to use as the filter widget to the canvas of the dashboard or story.
   You can also add a column from the This tab filter area as a filter widget. Click the Menu icon

   

   and click Add to canvas.
3. Filter the data in the visualizations.
   • If the column contains distinct values, select the values that you want to use in the filter widget.
   • If the column is a hierarchy, expand the levels in the hierarchy and select the members or levels that you want. For example, select 2017 and each quarter in 2016.
   • If the column has the data type of date, time, or timestamp (also known as datetime), select before, after, or between for the dates to include in the filter.