Applying Filters

Filters can be used in various layouts but you will not necessarily want it to be applied on all visualizations or won't be able to do so.

After creation, filters are applied automatically on all applicable visualizations.

To apply a filter:

  1. Edit the Home or a story

  2. Hover the filter

  3. Click on the "pen" icon

  4. Click on the "stroked funnel" button on the wanted visualization

Stroked funnel
Funnel

To disapply a filter:

  1. Edit the Home or a story

  2. Hover the filter

  3. Click on the "pen" icon

  4. Click on the "funnel" button on the wanted visualization

When the filter is not applicable:

  • You should see a "warning" icon on the visualization

Warnign icon

Can I apply a filter on a different dataset than its source?

Indeed, filters can be applied to visualizations only if they share common dimensions to filter on. You can use a filter on visualization that doesn't share the same dataset but shares the same dimension in it.

Example

  • My filter is created from a dataset "ref_country" which is a referential of countries and their geographical zones. Its values come from the column "country".

country
zone

USA

North America

Canada

North America

Argentina

South America

  • My visualization is created from a dataset "sales_by_country" that logs every purchase and the country from which it was bought.

product
country
purchased_at

Product A

USA

01-01-2023

Product A

Argentina

01-01-2023

Product B

Argentina

01-01-2023

In that case, both "ref_country" and "sales_by_country" share the dimension "country".

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