In earlier releases, filter status is displayed on every dashboard, and filters selection is performed in Step 6: Configure Filters of the Dashboard Studio wizard. See Step 6: Configure Filters. The earlier default methods are effective where there is only one results set that provides data to visualizations (charts, pivots, spotlight shape sets, and graphic gauges) or where there are multiple results sets with the same filters and common values.
If you change a filter setting on a dashboard but no changes are reflected in any of the views, then the visualizations must be based on different results sets which are displayed on different dashboards. Use the Filter Exclusion properties frame to analyze the document dependencies, and to ensure filters are correctly deployed and displayed on dashboards. Click Default, and select a Filter drop-down setting option.
The Filter Exclusion feature treats graphic gauges (see Dashboard Studio Graphic Gauges Component) and Chart Spotlight shape sets (see Spotlighting Charts) as visualizations and analyzes them to decide which to include or exclude.
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The Filter Exclusion feature is backward compatible with current functionality. The default is to exclude nothing and to support pre-9.3.1 Release behavior.