About Top Bottom N Filters

You can use Top Bottom N filters for all filter scopes to filter an attribute or measure to display a subset of its highest or lowest values.

For information about filter scopes, see Filter Scopes.

For example, you can filter a visualization by the top 10 cities based on sales. You can define a Top Bottom N filter in the filter bar to show the top 10 cities with the highest sales.

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You configure the following three properties to create a Top Bottom N filter:

• Method - Specifies whether to filter by Top (highest values) or Bottom (lowest values).
• Count - Specifies the number of values to display. For example, the top 10 or the bottom 5.
• By - Specifies which measures or attributes to limit the filter by. If your filter is an attribute, you can choose which measures to limit it by. If your filter is a measure, you can choose which attributes to limit it by.