Linking dataset columns

Dashboards can be filtered via a [Master] component (on a Master-detail dashboard) or by applying manual filters to each of the underlying datasets used by the individual components on a dashboard.

Normally, a [Master] component will only filter detail components which have the same underlying dataset or where there are many different datasets represented on a dashboard an individual filter may have to be applied to each dataset individually to filter a dashboard appropriately. Creating Linked Dataset Filters can solve these issues by linking similar columns in different datasets together.

Linked Dataset Filters

Where the 'same column' appears in multiple datasets (for example, the 'Customer Account Number' might appear in every dataset), to save time having to apply the same filter over-and-over for each dataset, the similar columns in each dataset can be linked together at dataset level.