About Report Filters

In SAS Visual Analytics Designer (the designer), you can create filters to subset your data.

Three types of filters are available:

Basic filters

subset the data for individual report objects in your reports by using a single data item. A basic filter is constrained to use only the data item that was selected when the basic filter was created. Basic filters can be created and modified by using the context menu for a report object or by using the Edit Filter window. For more information, see Working with Basic Report Filters.

Advanced filters

subset the data for individual report objects in your reports by using any number of data items and operators (for example, OR and AND) in the same expression. Advanced filters can be created and modified by using the Advanced Filter window. For more information, see Working with Advanced Report Filters.

Data source filters

subset the data for the entire report. The data source filters that you create are applied to every report object in the report. For more information, see Working with Data Source Filters in a Report.

All of your filters are saved when you save your report.

Note: Filters are available only for report objects in the same section.

When a report object imported from SAS Visual Analytics Explorer (the explorer) has a local filter, that filter is displayed on the Filters tab. You cannot edit or delete these filters.

Note: Report linking is a type of filter. The report section that is the target of the link is filtered by the values selected in the linked report object. For more information, see Overview of Linking.