Create Filters on a Visualization
You can add filters to limit the data that’s displayed in a specific visualization on the canvas.
If a workbook contains multiple datasets and some aren't joined, then there are restrictions for how you can use filters. Any visualization that doesn't use the data element of the filter is grayed out.
Visualization filters can be automatically created by selecting Drill on the visualization’s Menu when the Synchronize Visualizations option is turned off in the Canvas Properties dialog.
Instead of or in addition to adding filters to an individual visualization, you can add filters to the workbook or to an individual canvas. Any filters included on the canvas are applied before the filters that you add to an individual visualization.