Arcadia Enterprise can hide or display dimensionsat run-time. To do that, you must complete the following tasks:
This demonstration uses the World Life Expectancy dataset.
Populate the shelves of the visual:
un_region
and un_subregion
fields onto the Dimension shelf.population
field onto the Measures shelf.year
field onto the Filters shelf.year
field, choose Pick values from a list, select 2000
, and click Save.country
field
onto the Dimension shelf.On the Dimensions shelf, click country
field.
In the Field Properties menu, select [ ] Enter/Edit Expression.
In the Enter/Edit Expression modal window,
[<<dim:>>]
.Before starting on this work flow, complete the steps in Creating Visuals with Optional Dimensions.
Click Create Custom Filter.
This creates a New Filter in the filter area of the application, and opens the Settings window modal for that filter.
In the Settings modal window, under the Values tab, enter the following:
Under Output Parameter, enter dim.
Note that this is the parameter from Creating Visuals with Optional Dimensions.
Under Specified values, enter Value: country
, and Label: Country.
Switch to Display Settings tab, and select the options Permit only one item to be selected and In single select mode, include a 'All' option.
Click Apply.
Switch to dashboard View mode, and select World Regional Populations.
In the Display Country Details filter, select Country.
Note that the table now has a new column, country.