Global Filters#

Overview#

Global filters allow you to view, edit, and apply a set of filters to a dashboard you’ve opened in the main pane.

Note

To display a dashboard in the main pane, you can search for it, or select it from the tree view in the dashboard library panel.

The global filters are based on a data element extracted from a saved search definition and a resource defined for the dashboard.

An example of a global filter is producing a performance dashboard by customer location. The widgets on the dashboard are all the performance statistics but the data is filtered by the customer location.

Related Topics

Edit Global Filters#

  1. To show/hide the global filter configuration for a dashboard, open the dashboard, then click the toolbar Show Global Filters icon filter-icon.

  2. Click the Edit Global Filters icon to open the configuration screen for the filters.

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  3. On the filter configuration screen, select the resource and definitions to apply as a filter.

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    Note

    Global filters (and customer filters) work as an IN function that searches for exact string match in SQL. For example:

    IN (172.30.42.1, 172.30.42.2)

    You must type out all values in the search box (separated by commas), and then press Enter. If you press Enter after selecting each IP address, the search only returns data if all of the IPs are found in the field (which is unlikely).

  4. Save your changes to return to the dashboard you’re working with.