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kumar27
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Which filter/slicer visual to use to use ?

I want to have a serach enabled slicer such that if i search 'ad' say for example , it can show me the results starting with 'ad' .

 

 the by default slicer gives everything containing 'ad' when i type 'ad' in search option  ,, any workaround for it? Any help will be appeciated 

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mwegener
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Hi @kumar27 
sorry, seems to work only in Pro version.

https://okviz.com/smart-filter-pro/

 

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mwegener
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Hi @kumar27 ,

 

check out smart filter from okviz

https://okviz.com/smart-filter/

 

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@mwegener , it does not solve , as you can see below ,  starting with 'as'

 

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mwegener
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Hi @kumar27 
sorry, seems to work only in Pro version.

https://okviz.com/smart-filter-pro/

 

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parry2k
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@kumar27 I know there are some custom visuals for slicer with the advance search but I will let you decide which one to use. I think there is one from OKViz.

 

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