Filters let readers filter the data.

Filter types

You can choose a display that fits the option you want to filter:

• Buttons - Choose this option if you have a few options to select.

• Dropdown - Autocomplete, use if you have many options.

• Open Search - Choose this if you have thousand of options

• Slider - Choose if you want to filter numeric data or dates.

• Slider range - Filter a range of data (i.e. from 5 to 10).

• Hidden Filter - Filter the data before the page loads. This filter is hidden from the reader.

• Filter columns - For advanced users. This filter allows changing a data field in other data elements in your data story.

  How do I use ‘Filter columns’?

To add a filter to your story:

1. From the editor → Add Element → Filter

2. Select a display type

3. Select a field to filter by. In this example we have selected “Season”:

   

4. You can now filter the data by “Season” in the story*:*

   

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