Use controls for interactive filtering

Controls are interactive elements that can filter or change the way data looks on your dashboard.

Setting up a control is a two-part process. First, you’ll create the control. Next, you’ll connect the control to one or more charts in either a query or another Visual SQL step.

When you change the selected values in a control, the connected charts will filter their data using those values.

Control types
View the types of controls you can use to filter charts on your dashboard.
Set up a “Calendar” control
Use a “Calendar” control to filter connected charts on a specific date or date range.
Set up a “Date bucket” control
Use a “Date bucket” control to change the time grouping for connected charts.
Set up a “Date slider” control
Use a “Date slider” control to focus on a specific date range for a particular metric.
Set up a “Dropdown” control
Use a “Dropdown” control to display query results as a list used to filter multiple charts on a dashboard.
Set up a “Hidden variable” control
Use a “Hidden variable” control to set filter values without a visible control on the dashboard.
Set up a “Range input” control
Use a “Range input” control to filter data based on a selected numeric range.
Set up a “Text input” control
Use a “Text input” control to filter charts for exact or partial string matches.
Manage controls
Edit, reset, or delete controls on a dashboard.
Connect a control outside of a query in Visual SQL
Improve chart performance by referencing a control outside of a query in Visual SQL.
Use charts as controls
Drill down into the data of a chart and filter the current dashboard or a different dashboard accordingly.
Use wildcards in a “Text input” control
Use SQL mode to use partial string matching for “Text input” controls.
What is the control editor?
Learn how to create controls using the control editor.

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