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andrecavaca
Advocate II
10 years ago
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Visual level filtering for slicers

I have a large set of options from which I would like to pick some specific ones and use them in a slicer to filter my data. Why Is it not possible to add a Visual level filter for a slicer when thi...
  • austinsense's avatar
    austinsense
    10 years ago

    There is a hack for this ...

     

    1. turn the visual into a bar chart

    2. apply the visual level filter

    3. turn the visual back into a slicer

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Anonymous
Not applicable
8 years ago

Hi Mike, 

 

Isn't your solution the same as using a Page/Report level filter? If not, what's the difference?

 

Thanks

 

Robin

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Anonymous
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8 years ago

Anonymous The effect is the same, the difference is that the filters panel is available to the end user, and they can modify and remove those filters. This method effectively removes the capability of an end user to see or modify anything.

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    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    7 years ago

    Both visual level filters and page level filters don't seem to apply to any slicer - even those that are downloaded from the marketplace.