You can use various filters to restrict the volume of data to be analyzed in your Performance Dashboard. Various global filters are available to you.
Performance Dashboard supports only one filter for the same dimension.
Example: Filter settings
Display Filter bar
Use the menu bar to display the Filter bar at each process level.
Procedure
Move the mouse over the menu bar and click the Filter button.
The Filter bar is displayed.
Select a filter
You can set various predefined filters for a Performance Dashboard.
Procedure
Click the Region selection box in the Filter bar and select 1000 (Hong Kong).
The queries are recalculated and displayed based on the selected filter. Only the data for the Hong Kong region is queried.
Set a time filter
You can use a slider to set the period for the query. You can independently set the start and end of the period using the slider or move the entire controller.
First specify your setting and then enable the Time filter, as the measure queries are executed each time the period is changed.
Procedure
The source system recalculates and displays the queries based on the set period. Only data for the first six months of 2006 is queried.
Set text filter
Depending on the dashboard configuration, you can use an input box to specify a filter for a text dimension.
Procedure
The queries are recalculated and displayed based on the filter specified.
Tip
See also
If a Management view has a URL filter set for a text dimension that is filtered using an input box the selection box does not display a preselection and the entry External filter is shown in the input box. To overwrite the URL filter, choose an entry from the selection box and specify a filter value in the input box. If you clear the input box the URL filter is set again.