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amaaiia
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Power BI: filter data by visualization selection

Imagine this is my data:

 

Type1Type2Type3Amount
aaccgg7
aacchh10
aaddkk5
bbccgg2
bbddkk5
bbddhh8

 

And I want to filter Type1=bb & Type2=dd & Type3=kk, not from filter pane, but from visualization. I've seen that I can filter one visualization from another one, but when I try to press the second filtered visualization, it doesn't take into account the previous filtering.


This is what I need:

1. I start with 3 visualizations, one for each Type:

amaaiia_0-1708943927683.png

2. Then, I press orange bar, and the 3 visualizations update as follows (all the values where Type1=bb😞

amaaiia_1-1708944019393.png

 

3. Then, I press green bar, and the 3 visualizations update as follows (keep Type1=bb filter and adds Type2=dd filter):

amaaiia_2-1708944155943.png

 

4. Finally, I press red bar, and the 3 visualizations update as follows (keep Type1=bb filter and Type2=dd filter, and adds Type3=hh😞

amaaiia_3-1708944244917.png

 

I don't know how to keep previous filters with each new filtering/selection from visualization.

 

Any documentation about it?

 

Thanks.

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Idrissshatila
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Hello @amaaiia 

 

if you want to keep the previous filter while clicking on the second, press Ctrl then click on the second filter.



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Is it possible to maintain selections when working with visualizations that are hidden and displayed? I work with bookmarks to have 3 buttons (TYPE1, TYPE2, TYPE3), so each button shows a visualization. I want to be able to select the orange bar (Type1=bb) and when I press the TYPE2 button I get the values of this field when Type1=bb, that is, to keep the selection when changing bookmarks.

 

I would like to know if this functionality can be implemented with bookmarks, and if it is not possible, I would like to know if there is another alternative that simulates this logic of showing one or another graphic depending on a button, keeping previous filters.

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