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mstone3
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How to Filter instead of Highlight within a Chart

Hello - I have a simple clustered column chart:

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When I select an item on the legend, the chart will highlight accordingly:

mstone3_1-1632141787283.png

 

However, instead of highlighting action, I want filtering action, where only the series selected in the legend is visible and all other bars do not appear.  I know this can be solved by using a slicer, but I only want to use the legend, primarily because there is not enough room for a slicer.  Is there a setting to toggle the action of clicking on a series in the legend between filter and highlight instead of only highlight?

 

Thanks!

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Greg_Deckler
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@mstone3 Go to the Format menu and choose Edit Interations. Select one of the visuals. Change the interaction to filter instead of cross highlight. 

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Greg_Deckler
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@mstone3 Go to the Format menu and choose Edit Interations. Select one of the visuals. Change the interaction to filter instead of cross highlight. 

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@Greg_Deckler thanks very much for this suggestion - I see it does work when interacting with another visual, but in this case it's a standalone visual.  Using the legend selections within the visual, I would like to filter the visual, but legend selections only result in highlighting behavior.

 

Thanks!

Just in case, maybe "right click" and "Include" make the trick you're looking for.

@mstone3 I know of no way to modify that behavior.



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@Greg_Deckler thanks so much for your time in replying to my post!

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