For example, a user might switch between:
Customers
Products
Date ranges
Filters can also work at the dashboard level, so one filter can update multiple dashboard cards at once.
How Users Add Filters
Users can ask Blaze for filters directly in chat.
They can either:
Ask Blaze to add a filter to an existing result or graph
Ask for a filtered view from the start
Example prompts:
List customers by revenue, and add a filter for the product nameAdd a start and end date filterAdd a month filter
Dashboard Filters
Dashboard filters are created automatically.
Users do not need to ask Blaze to make a separate dashboard filter. Instead, shared dashboard filters appear when multiple results or graphs on the same dashboard use the same filter.
For example:
One graph on a dashboard has a
Product namefilterAnother graph added to that dashboard also has a
Product namefilterBlazeSQL groups them into one shared
Dashboard filterscontrol
If users want one dashboard-level filter to control multiple items, the filters need to match.
That means keeping the filter wording and format consistent across the dashboard.
Example:
If the existing filter is
Product name, useProduct nameagainDo not switch to
ProductorProduct idif the goal is to share the same dashboard filterThe filter values should also follow the same format across dashboard items
If something is already on a dashboard, users can also ask blaze to add or update filters on that item by clicking the options button on that graph/query in the dashboard and then clicking the chat option.