Sub-dashboard filtering

#1

I’m having trouble with a sub-dashboard filter.

The filters are part of the sub-dashboard, and work fine when I view just the sub-dashboard. However, when I open the sub-dashboard inside the master dashboard, the filters look different and function differently. The master dashboard has a date filter connected to the sub, but no connection for the four categories that are being filtered in the sub-dashboard.

The four filters go from this, when I view the sub-dashboard by itself:

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To this, in the master dashboard:

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The Job Title now says “none”, but when I open the filter I’m presented with each of the job titles…but no check boxes or confirm button. When I use the filter when looking just at the sub-dashboard it looks like the rest, showing “All” and having checkboxes when I open it.

A second, related question: I previously had each of the filters dependent on the filter(s) above it, so that only the Associates who had the selected employer/supervisor/job title combination would show (for instance). It worked fine when looking at the sub-dashboard, but opening it from the master dashboard resulted in “Default not allowed” errors when I opened the filters. (I deleted all 4 of the filters and their parameters and recreated them to get the result described in my first question.)

A puzzle! :slight_smile:

#2

Hey, I tried both the scenarios and I am unable to replicate this. I am using the sub-dashboard in a subCanvasViewContainer and connected the filter directly (not in any action). However, about the original issue with dependent filters, is it possible that for the default value set in the independent filter in the master dashboard, there are no corresponding values in the dependent filter in the sub-dashboard? Is the data source of visualizations in both the dashboards the same? About the second issue, I have the same question about the data source because it seems like the job title filter cannot map from master to sub. Could you maybe test the original (dependent filters) issue with just three filters, excluding job title and validate if its working fine?

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#3

Upasana,

Thanks for looking at this.

To respond to your questions:

(1) Is it possible there are no corresponding values in the dependent filter in the sub-dashboard? I don’t think so, both master and sub-dashboard are using the same data source and the only filter connected the two is on date, not on the four categories (employer, supervisor, etc.) that I used in the sub-dashboard.

(2) The job title filter is only on the sub-dashboard, not on the master. There is only one data source (and one metric set) in the sub-dashboard.

Thanks for the suggestion about trying it with three filters to see if they work correctly without the fourth.

I’ve solved the problem by bringing the metric set directly into the master dashboard on a separate layer, rather than as part of a sub-dashboard. I creating the filters from there, in the master dashboard. Works just fine that way.

Thanks again!