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Product Spotfire
Categories Filters
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 6, 2016

Create a filter for a column in the Filter Panel

*Goal:*
Spotfire developer/administrator would like to create a filter for a column in the Filter Panel. I have added more notes in the details section down below.


*Details:*
Spotfire developer/administrator can delete filters for columns in the Filter Panel. Before he can do this he has to change the property of the corresponding data table to "Manage manually":

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Then he can right-click on a column in the Filter Panel and select "Delete Filter" (this option is not available without the above change to the Data Table):
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However, the above change to the Data Table Property means that for every new calculated column, no filter is created. So I'm wondering how he could create filters for individual columns that are currently missing it.

The only way he can see at the moment is to change the Filter property of the Data Table back to "Create automatically for all columns". But then filters for all columns are created again. So a workaround could be to create the filters this way, then set the property back to "Manage manually" and finally to delete individual filters again. But this is not very comfortable, because he has to leave the Filter property of the data table as "Manage manually" which means he has to start over whenever he adds a new calculated column.

Better would be to have a functionality in the Filter Panel that allows to add individual filters, if the data table's filters are set to "Manage manually".

  • ADMIN RESPONSE
    Oct 7, 2018

    If you have selected to manage filters manually you can create new filters by clicking on the filter icon in the data panel for the corresponding column you want a filter for and selecting to Create a Filter. 

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