Use a Parameter as a Dashboard Filter Control
When working on a workbook in Visualize or Present mode, you can use a parameter as a dashboard filter control to select and change the dimension and measure column values for a canvas' visualizations.
These tutorials provide use cases explaining how to use a parameter in the
dashboard filter control:
Note:
Adding a parameter as a filter control functions as a column selector. Adding a parameter as a filter control doesn't filter data.Using a parameter as a dashboard filter control doesn't
provide the same features as a standard filter. For example, it doesn't
provide the Top Bottom N, exclude, nulls, and limit values
functionalities.
- On the Home page, hover over a workbook, click Actions, then select Open.
- In the Data Panel click Visualizations.
- Scroll to the Dashboard Controls section and drag and drop Dashboard Filters on the canvas.
- In the Data Panel click Parameters.
- Drag and drop a parameter to Filter
Controls in the Dashboard Filter
visualization's grammar panel.
- Click Save to save the workbook.