Example: How Linking and Interactions Work Together

Suppose that you have two reports about furniture sales. The first report contains an interaction between a bar chart and a list table. The bar chart links to a second report. The filter interaction and the link are displayed on the Interactions tab. Currently, CANADA is selected in the bar chart, so the list table is filtered by that country. Here is an example of the first report:

When you double-click the CANADA bar in the first report, the second report (which is the target of the report link) is displayed. The filter interaction for country in the first report is automatically passed to the second report when you link to it. Here is an example of the second report:

You can remove the applied filter by clicking beside the in the upper left corner. Select the Apply report link filters option. After you remove the applied filter, you can choose to apply it again by selecting the Apply report link filters option.

You can return to the source report by clicking .