Creating Filters

You can create filters explicitly, but filters can also be created implicitly as a result of other actions such as drilling on a visualization.

To add a filter to a project:

• From the Data Elements pane, drag a data element to the filter bar.
• From the Data Elements pane, right-click a data element and select Create Filter.
• From the Explore pane, drag a data element to the filter bar.
• On the Filter bar, click Add Filter (plus sign) to display the data elements dialog, and then click a data element to add it.
• Optionally, add an expression filter as described in Building Expression Filters.

Note:

When you work with visualizations that are part of master-detail relationships, your data selections in the master visualization apply a filter to all the other visualizations on the canvas. For more information on master-detail relationships and synchronizing visualizations, see Specifying How Visualizations Interact with One Another.