Filters
Dashboards usually have one or more filters that affect the dashboard widgets. This topic describes how you can interact with filters for analyzing data.
Note: Changes made to existing dashboards - including changing filters - will be discarded if the dashboard is republished. Dashboards should be duplicated to avoid this. Duplicated dashboards belong to the user that created the duplicate, and can only be updated by that user.
You can interact with filters for analyzing data, either through the Filters pane or by simply selecting values by left-clicking the widget visualization. Each time you interact with a filter, for example by selecting or entering a value, the filter is immediately applied to your dashboard. You will not affect anyone else by changing the filters. In addition, you can restore the original state of the dashboard at any given point by selecting the dashboard menu item and clicking Restore Dashboard.
As a dashboard viewer, you can interact with filters in the following ways:
Change Filters
Make a different selection in the filter controls displayed in the Filters pane on the right side of the dashboard, as shown here:
Alternatively you can click on the pencil icon next to the filter name in the dashboard to display the Filter Definition window.
Toggle Filters On and Off
You can easily toggle filters on and off using the toggle switch. Use this option to compare states (with and without the filter), or to temporarily disable a filter, rather than deleting it.
Note: Clearing all values of a filter is equivalent to turning the filter off, as in both cases no filtering is performed and all values are returned.