Filters
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A filter is a tool to explore data through specific dimensions.
“Dimensions” is usually opposed to “Facts”. They are categories for data. For example “Country”, “Business Unit”, “Brand”, and “Year” are dimensions.
Viewers, using the App you created, will therefore be guided into their data analysis by interacting with the filters and getting answers to questions to get their job done, such as:
“What are the sales figures for [This Country] during [This Year]?”
In order to help you design an App that will be easy to use by your end-users, we have defined different scopes & types of filters.
Filters are essential as they’re global and reusable throughout the entire App. Their location in Stories, Home, and Dashboard Builder is thought to explicitly highlight their importance: they are the main point of view that you want your end-users to discover.
Filters are a way for App Builders to think about the global message they want to communicate. They are also making it possible to address different user populations within the same App with strong permissions rules (cf. Permissions).
Toucan wants you to build once and then deploy anywhere and to anyone.
You’ll be able to let your user select a single value, a multiplicity of values, or a range of values.
Creating, reusing and editing Filters
Applying Filters
Removing and deleting Filters