

When Furniture is selected, all members from the next (inner) Selected row headers include the Furniture member of the Category dimension,Īnd the Binders and Labels members of the Sub-category dimension. For example, the view shown belowĬonsists of two unrelated dimensions placed on the Columns shelf,Īnd two levels of the same hierarchy placed on the Rows shelf. Header that is part of a hierarchy, all of the next level headersĪre also selected. On the tooltip that appears, select to Exclude or Keep Only the selected data. To filter entire rows or columns of data from your view, select the header in the view. You can also select headers to filter them from your view. See Drag dimensions, measures, and date fields to the Filters shelf (Link opens in a new window) to Note: These filtering options are not available if a Wildcard Match filter is already Select Exclude to remove the selected marks from the view. Select Keep Only to keep only the selected marks in the view. To filter marks from the view, select a single mark (data point) or click and drag in the view to select For example, if you have a scatter plot with outliers, you can exclude them from the view so you can better focus on the rest of the data. You can filter individual data points (marks), or a selection of data points from your view. Select to keep or exclude data points in your view For details on the Filter dialog box, see Drag dimensions, measures, and date fields to the Filters shelf and Filter categorical data (dimensions).

The settings on each of these tabs are additive starting with the General tab what you set on each tab will affect the filter results on each tab to the right. Note: When you drag a discrete dimension to the Filters shelf, the Filter dialog box offers four tabs for filtering: General, Wildcard, Condition, and Top. To learn more, see Tableau's Order of Operations (Link opens in a new window). Filters are executed in the following order:įilters on dimensions (whether on the Filters shelf or in filter cards in the view)įilters on measures (whether on the Filters shelf or in filter cards in the view) Tableau performs actions on your view in a very specific order this is called the Order of Operations. Filtering Order of Operationsīefore you begin filtering data in Tableau, it's important to understand the order in which Tableau executes filters in your workbook. It also describes how you can display interactive filters in the view, and format filters in the view. This article describes the many ways you can filter data from your view. Clearing the filter will display all of your cards again.Filtering is an essential part of analyzing data. Removing the filterĪ filter will remain on your board until cleared, even if you refresh the page or log out. Clear the filter by clicking the "x" in the "Filter" button at the top of your board, by removing any of the filters from the filter window or by using the "x" keyboard shortcut. For example, when searching the keywords "May 2009 Financial Planning” you will see the cards with the exact match of this text and if you search May 2009 Financial Planning without quoting it you’ll get cards that contain any of the words “May”, “2009”, “Financial”, or “Planning”.

Or you can find the exact match of what you are searching adding the text in quotes. The keyword filter will search for the text inside of the card title or custom field. You can enter multiple keywords to return a match for any of the entered keywords. If you set your filter to ' Exact match' it will only highlight cards that have both Jason and Jane as members, and the card must also have both the red and yellow labels applied.

For example, if you set your filter to ' Any match' and select the members "Jane" and "Jason" and the labels "Red" and "Yellow", the filter will highlight cards assigned to either Jason or Jane and also cards that have either a red or yellow label.
