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Dashboard filters Report an error
“Instead of creating duplicate dashboards to show different cuts of the same data (like a different dashboard for each quarter), you can add filter or parameter widgets to let people change what data is displayed (filter the data), or how it’s displayed (parameterize the data).”
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Filter widgets Report an error
“Date picker Location ID Number Text or category Boolean”
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Parameter widgets Report an error
“Parameters determine how to show the data. The time grouping parameter, for example, changes the granularity of time-based visualizations (like showing data by month instead of by day) without removing any data points.”
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Widget levels Report an error
“You can add widgets to the whole dashboard, to headers, or to individual dashboard cards.”
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Dashboard widget scope Report an error
“Dashboard-level widgets can connect to cards on the entire dashboard, across all tabs. Header-level widgets can only be connected to cards on the same tab. Card-level widgets can only be connected to their individual cards.”
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Date picker operators Report an error
“Month and Year Quarter and Year Single Date Date Range Relative Date All Options”
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Location filter types Report an error
“City State ZIP or Postal Code Country”
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Location filter operators Report an error
“Is. Select one or more values from a list or search box. Use Is when you just want to plug a value into a variable. For multiple values, the card must be either a question built using the query builder, a native/SQL question using a field filter, or a basic variable set to accept multiple values. Is not. Exclude one or more specific values. Contains. Match values that contain the entered text. Does not contain. Filter out values that contain the entered text. Starts with. Match values that begin with the entered text. Ends with. Match values that end with the entered text.”
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Id filter input types Report an error
“Dropdown list Search box Input box”
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Number filter operators Report an error
“Equal to Not equal to Between Greater than or equal to Less than or equal to”
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Text filter operators Report an error
“Is. Select one or more values from a list or search box. Use Is when you just want to plug a value into a variable. For multiple values, the card must be a question built using the query builder, a native/SQL question using a field filter, or a basic variable set to multiple values. Is not. Exclude one or more specific values. Contains. Match values that contain the entered text. Does not contain. Filter out values that contain the entered text. Starts with. Match values that begin with the entered text. Ends with. Match values that end with the entered text.”
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Text filter input types Report an error
“Dropdown list Search box Input box”
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Boolean filter Report an error
“A boolean filter allows people to filter data based on true/false values.”
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Time grouping options Report an error
“Minute (or minute of hour) Hour (or hour of day) Day (or day of week, month, or year) Week (or week of year) Month (or month of year) Quarter (or quarter of year) Year”
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Time grouping sql Report an error
“To connect a time grouping widget to a SQL question, you’ll need to insert time grouping parameters in your code.”
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Auto connect filters Report an error
“If there are other cards that also have the field you select, Metabase will offer to automatically connect the filter to those cards too (including relevant cards on other tabs). If you later add a card with the selected field, Metabase will also try to connect that filter to the new card.”
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Text card variables Report an error
“You can even wire up filters to text cards, but only if the text card includes a variable.”
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Native query filters Report an error
“To connect a dashboard filter widget to a card with a question created with the native editor, you’ll need to add a field filter or basic variable to your query.”
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Native basic variables Report an error
“If your native query uses a basic variable (and not a field filter), you’ll only be able to use dashboard filter types that select a single value (so for example, you won’t be able to use date range filters).”
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Filter settings Report an error
“Rename a dashboard widget Change widget type Change filter operator Set filter input type Make a multi-select filter Change a filter’s selectable values Set a default filter value Make a filter required Move a filter Remove a filter”
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Filter widget types Report an error
“Dropdown list A list of all the possible values in a column. People can use checkboxes to select more than one value on multi-select filters.”
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Search box default Report an error
“It’s the default filter widget for columns with fewer than 100 unique values.”
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Input box default Report an error
“The input box is the default filter widget for columns with more than 100 unique values.”
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Filter default value Report an error
“In the sidebar, scroll down and choose a value from the Default value input field.”
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Filter required Report an error
“You can tell Metabase to require a filter so that people must filter the dashboard by a certain column on a card. If you require a filter, you’ll also need to supply a default value for that filter.”
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Move filter Report an error
“If you want to change the level of the filter - for example, move a dashboard filter into a card filter, or a header filter into a dashboard filter - you’ll need to move it in the filter settings (you can’t drag filters to a different level).”
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Linked filters Report an error
“See Linked filters.”
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Auto apply filters Report an error
“By default, each time you change the value in a filter on a dashboard, the dashboard will refresh to get the results of each card with that new filter value applied.”
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Auto apply toggle Report an error
“In the General section, toggle off Auto-apply filters. With auto-apply turned off, each time you change a value in a filter, you’ll need to click the Apply button to refresh the dashboard with the new filter value.”
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Filter scope per user Report an error
“Your active filter will only apply to your view of the dashboard. If someone else is viewing the same dashboard link at the same time, they won’t see your filter.”
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Filter click to update Report an error
“You can also set up a dashboard question to update a filter on click.”
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Docs version Report an error
“Home Dashboards v0.65”
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