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AdrianoEllero
Contributor III
Contributor III

How to filter a Dimension field in a Filter Pane

In a table I set a Filter Pane and a Table with columns.
Rather than select manually the items from the Filter Pane, I would like to filter the items through an expression similar to this:
=only({<[Material Number (Product)]={
'xyz'
}>}
[Material Number (Product)]). 

Probably the expression is not adeguate to the Filter Pane.
Is there any way to filter it by a predefined list? 

Thanks

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F_B
Specialist
Specialist

What I can suggest you is to use a pivot table with "dimension year" as rows and your "simply formulas" as columns. Then, put a filter pane beside the table, with "Material Number (Product)" as dimension, this way you can make your selections. You can insert both objects in a layout container for a nicer visualization.

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F_B
Specialist
Specialist

Hi @AdrianoEllero ,

your expression looks ok and should work correctly in a Table.

Filter Panes instead only accept dimensions, so if you insert your [Material Number (Product)] in the listbox, you'll be able to choose the values of that field.

 

Hope this is helpful

AdrianoEllero
Contributor III
Contributor III
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Hi @F_B 

thanks for the clarification. 

My aim is to fix the filter without insert manually the product in the listbox.

If I filter in this way the measures, I have to repeat the filter for each field which makes it very long and meticulous work with higher risk of manual mistakes.

 

  

F_B
Specialist
Specialist

At this point I'm not sure I understood your request, could you please explain it with more details?

AdrianoEllero
Contributor III
Contributor III
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I try to explain my idea with conceptual tables:

In the first table, as I do now and it works, I have to repeat the expression for all measures and in each part of the formulas.

AdrianoEllero_1-1710868717662.png

 

in the second table, the hope is to the dimension [Material Number (Product)] just once in the filter pane, in order to simply the formulas for the measures.

F_B
Specialist
Specialist

What I can suggest you is to use a pivot table with "dimension year" as rows and your "simply formulas" as columns. Then, put a filter pane beside the table, with "Material Number (Product)" as dimension, this way you can make your selections. You can insert both objects in a layout container for a nicer visualization.