Using the parameter update button

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1. Overview

The parameter update button lets users decide when changes in filters should be applied to the connected visualizations. This is useful when you want to first set up multiple filters all at once before the corresponding data is loaded.

2. Set up the view

For this example, consider the following visualization placed on a dashboard:

Add the data visualization
Add the data visualization

Add a filter and connect it to one of the hierarchies. In this example, it is connected to the slicer.

Add and connect the filter
Add and connect the filter

Note that without the update button, data is retrieved right away after changing the filter:

Data filtered immediately
Data filtered immediately

Click Filters in the toolbar and choose Update Button (found under More).

Add the update button
Add the update button

If the view you're editing is a dashboard, use the checkboxes in the Parameter Controls popup to assign the filters that should wait for this button to be clicked before being applied.

Assign filters to this update button
Assign filters to this update button

Note
When used in a report, scorecard, or small multiple, all filters present in the view are automatically linked to the update button and you cannot choose individual filters.

To change the button text, choose Edit Button Text in the toolbar or double-click the button.

3. Testing

Change the filter value. Notice that data is not retrieved right away.

Testing
Testing

Click the update button to see the changes to the filtering applied.

Result
Result

4. See also

 

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