Create On-Canvas Filters

You can add a filter directly to the canvas so that users can filter the data for some or all of the visualizations on the canvas. On-canvas filters are displayed in the Visualize canvas, Present canvas, and in preview mode, and are available for date, measure, and attribute columns.

By default the on-canvas filter's values are limited by other filters (report, canvas, on-canvas, and visualization filters). You can use the Properties pane to modify how the filters interact.

1. On the Home page, select a workbook, click the Action Menu, and then select Open.
2. Click the Visualize tab.
3. In the Data Elements panel, select a date, attribute, or measure to use as a filter on the canvas, and then drag it to the canvas to create a new visualization.
4. On the visualization's toolbar, click Change Visualization Type and select List Box.
5. Optional: In the on-canvas filter's list box Properties pane, select the General tab and click Type to specify the on-canvas filter type for:
   • Dates - List, Date Range (default), Relative Time

     When you select Date Range or Relative Time, then Multi Select and Default Value on-canvas filter properties aren't available.

   • Measures - Measure Range (default), Top Bottom N

     When you select Measure Range or Top Bottom N, then Multi Select and Default Value on-canvas filter properties aren't available.

   • Attributes - List (default), Top Bottom N

     When you select Top Bottom N, then Multi Select and Default Value on-canvas filter properties aren't available.

6. Optional: In the on-canvas filter list box Properties pane, click the General tab and adjust how you want the filter to display (for example, Title, Label, Align).
7. Select the on-canvas filter and set the filter values.
8. Optional: In the on-canvas filter's list box Properties pane, click the Filters tab, and specify how you want the on-canvas filter to interact with the canvas and visualization filters and which items on the canvas to apply the filter to.