Selectors

Selectors are filters that affect the results of queries in the linked widgets. To add a selector to a dashboard, go to Adding a selector to a dashboard.
A selector can be linked to a chart or another selector. For more information, see Link.

A selector works within a single dashboard tab.

DataLens supports multiple selector types:

• List: Allows selecting one or multiple values from a list.
• Input field: Used for entering a field value manually.
• Calendar: Used for entering values of the Date or Date and time type.
• Checkbox: Allows selecting one of the two possible Boolean type values, True or False. To choose both boolean values, use the List selector type.

When adding a selector to a dashboard, consider how it affects chart filters:

• On a dashboard with no selector, the chart is displayed with an internal set of filters, if any.
• When adding a selector by a certain field to your dashboard, filters added at the chart level are no longer applied to the dashboard's chart.
• If no value is selected in the selector (No selected values), the chart is displayed without filtering by this field even if there is a filter by this field at the chart level.

To apply double filtering to a field (through a selector and chart filter), create a duplicate of this field in the chart. In this case, you can apply filtering to the duplicate within the chart and add a selector by the original field to the dashboard.

Filters applied to charts using selectors are displayed in the Dashboard filters section. It is available if you open the chart to edit from the dashboard. To clear all the dashboard filters, click in the top-left corner of the section.

See alsoSee also

• Adding a selector to a dashboard