Filtering data on a dashboard

This reference article explains the different ways to filter data on a dashboard.

Types of filters that can be used on a dashboard

Filter types

There are two types of filters that can be used on a dashboard:

Widget filters

Use widget filters to filter data at the level of individual widgets.

Dashboard filters

Use dashboard filters to filter data at the level of dashboards and dashboard pages.

There are two types of dashboard filter:

• Quickfilters

• Permanent filters

Filter criteria

You can filter for the following data types:

Date ranges

Use date range filters to narrow down the date range of the displayed data.

Dimensions

Use dimension filters to narrow down the displayed data based on the values of a dimension. For example, use a dimension filter to exclude the data of a campaign from being displayed.

Metrics

Use metric filters to narrow down the data displayed based on the values of a metric. For example, use a metric filter to only display campaigns with more than 10,000 impressions.

The table below provides information about the data types you can filter for with each filter type.

	Widget filter	Dashboard filter
		Quickfilter	Permanent filter
Filter for date range	yes	yes	no
Filter for dimension	yes	yes	yes
Filter for metric	yes	no	no

Scope and appearance of filters

Apply different types of filter in the following ways:

• Widget filters only apply to a single widget.

• You can add quickfilters to a dashboard page or to the whole dashboard.

  • You can apply page-level quickfilters to all or specific widgets in a dashboard page.

  • You can apply dashboard-level quickfilters to all or specific dashboard pages in a dashboard.

• You can apply permanent filters to all or specific dashboard pages in a dashboard.

The appearance of different types of filter is the following:

• Page-level quickfilters appear as a widget in the page.

• Dashboard-level quickfilters appear as a header on top of selected pages in the dashboard.

• Permanent filters appear as an icon at the top of selected pages in the dashboard.

	Dashboard filter
	Quickfilter		Permanent filter
	Page-level	Dashboard-level
Scope	applies to all or specific widgets in a page	applies to all or specific pages in a dashboard	applies to all or specific pages in a dashboard
Appearance	appears as a widget on the page	appears as a header at the top of the page	appears as an icon at the top of the page

Limitations of filters

Filters come with the following limitations:

• You can use a maximum of two dimensions in a dashboard-level dimension quickfilter.

• You can assign only one permanent filter to each dashboard page.

What's next?

For more information on adding filters to a dashboard, see Adding filters to a dashboard.