Selector

Use the Selector visualization to pick members, sets, or levels for a view (either in exploration or visualization).

The selector widget can have multiple selectors with the same hierarchy that lets you pick members from different groups to form a set and supports one-way synchronization. The multiple selector feature in the selector lets you easily compare members, view data for a range of members, or create a multiple selection list.

When a selector is synchronized with a view, the selection of a member, set, or level in the selector is applied to the view.

For more information on how to create and use selector widgets, see Create a Selector visualization to manage views.

Adding a selector widget

You can add selector widgets from an exploration. Simply drag and drop the dimension that you want to use to create a Selector, to an empty space in the book. Or, you can follow these steps to create a Selector widget from an exploration row, column, or context area. Keep in mind, you cannot create a Selector from benched dimensions.

In Edit mode, click the menu icon next to the dimension you want to create a selector widget from.
Click either Add selector tile or Add selector list and select the tile or list type. You can add the following types of selectors to your book:
- single tile
- selector with multiple tiles
- selector with range selection tile
- single list
- selector with multiple lists
- selector with multiple selection option

Note: The range selection tile and multiple selection list selector types can only send synchronization events. They don't receive synchronization events.

You can add a selector from the Data tree. In the Data tree, fully expand the Dimensions node under the cube from which you want to create a selector widget. Click either Add selector tile or Add selector list and select the tile or list type.

Note: You can create a selector only from the Dimensions node under a cube. You can't create a selector from the main Dimensions node.

You can also add a Selector to your book from the Visualizations pane.

After you add a selector widget to your book, you can customize the widget in its appearance, layout, selection methods, and choose when selection changes apply to the synchronization group.

Custom properties of a selector widget

You can tailor the Selector widget for your purposes.

Apply selections: You can toggle if the change in one selection applies to its synchronization group immediately or changes from multiple selectors apply in a batch. Enable the In batch property if you want changes from multiple selectors to apply in a batch and only when the Apply button in the widget is pressed. Otherwise, any change in a member selection applies as soon as the change occurs.; Select Show as range selector if you want to see a range of members. The two selected members in the selector act as the first and last members of the member list.
Important: The Show as range selector property works only when you have a maximum of two selectors in a selector widget.

In the following example, both the In batch and Show as range selector properties are enabled. When you change the member selections to 2 Quarter and 4 Quarter in the first and second selectors, the view updates to display all the members between 2 Quarter and 4 Quarter.; Enable Multiple selection list to display the selector widget as a list, which allows multiple member selections.

Layout: In the Layout section, you can select whether you want the selector widget to display horizontally or vertically and you can restore the widget to its default size.; You can also select the number of selectors that display in a selector widget. You can choose between two to four selectors. By default, selector widgets contain two selectors.

Selector titles: You can specify the title for each selector in a selector widget.

Selector style: Much like the custom properties of the selector widget, under the Selector style section, you can display a selector widget as a simple list, expand and collapse the widget, show the search bar, and much more.