Group

The “Group” dashboard element allows you to merge several elements into a single group. To create a Group element, click the icon:

Let us have a look at the working principle of this element on the example of two groups.

First, we create two elements of the dashboard – a chart (of a “Spline Area” type) and a filter (of a “Tree View” type). For each of them, fill in fields with appropriate data:

Now create the first group (click the icon of the same name in the toolbar) and drag the chart and filter into it:

Thus, we got a group, elements of which can interact with each other within this group and outside it.

On the “Data” tab:

• The “Master Filter” button allows you to specify whether the current group allows you to filter external dashboard items using master filter items contained within the group. If this option is disabled, master filter items contained within the group can filter only dashboard items from this group;
• The “Ignore Master Filters” button allows you to isolate dashboard items contained within the group from being filtered using external master filter items.

For the first group, let us leave the filter on – “Ignore Master filters”.

Now let us create the second group. It will consist of a chart and two filters (“List Box” and “Combo Box”):

We paint subcategories of the same groups of products in the same color:

Now let us create a filter – “Combo box”:

The second filter will be called “List Box”:

For a “List Box” on the “Data” tab disable “Ignore Master Filters” button:

Create a second group and drag the chart and filters into it:

For this group on the “Data” tab, we also leave an active “Ignore Master Filters” filter.

Thus, we got two independent groups:

The first shows the sales volume of the groups of products depending on the month of the year and country, and the second shows the sales volume of a particular group of products by subcategories: