Change the Scope of Filters Between the Main Filter Bar and Visualizations

You can change the scope of a filter by moving or copying it between the main filter bar and visualizations.

  1. On the Home page, hover over a workbook, click Actions (Actions menu ellipsis icon), then select Open.
  2. Click the Visualize tab.
  3. Change the scope of a filter by moving or copying it between the main filter bar and visualizations.
    • Move a main filter to a visualization - Drag and drop to move a filter from the main filter bar to the Grammar Panel or into the visualization.
      • When Pin to all Canvases is selected, filters apply to the workbook, to all canvasses in the workbook, and to all visualizations on the canvasses.
      • When Pin to all Canvases isn't selected, filters apply to a canvas and to all visualizations on the canvas.
    • Copy a main filter to a visualization - Hold down the Shift key and drag and drop a filter from the main filter bar to the Grammar Panel or into the visualization.
    • Move a visualization filter to the main filter bar - Drag and drop a visualization filter from the Grammar Panel to the main filter bar.

      This moves the filter into the main filter bar and removes the filter from the visualization.

    • Copy a filter between visualizations - Drag and drop a visualization filter from the Grammar Panel into another visualization.

      This copies the filter into the selected visualization.

    • Move a filter between visualizations - Hold down the Shift key and drag and drop a visualization filter from the Grammar Panel into another visualization.