Filters and drivers

You can use several options to filter the data and manage the components.

Global filters


Global filters icon

Use this option to display all filters that are currently in effect.

Entity driver


Entity Driver icon

A dashboard user can use this option to dynamically select which metric is displayed in charts and grids. The chart or grid must be listening to the same Filter Group that the Entity Driver is using.

Parameter filter


Parameter filter icon

Use this option with a parameter defined in Studio along with its default value. Use a Parameter to define derived fields and metrics. A sample parameter might be growth rate with an initial value of 1.1, for example. A metric definition might include growth rate as one of the factors in the calculation, and a dashboard can include a control, or driver, allowing the user to change the parameter value. This has no effect on pre-calculated metrics, but on-demand metrics would then be recalculated based on the value set by the user.