Menu Options for Story and Page Filters

In SAP Analytics Cloud, there are various options available in the action and context menus of story and page filters.

Story Filter Menu Options

In the filter bar, select your story filter to open its dropdown menu.

Story Filter Dropdown Menu Legend
Key Menu Option/Description
1 You can search and select the dimensions or measures you want to filter.
2 Edit Filter (Edit mode only)
3

Convert to Page Filter (Edit mode only)

For more information on converting story filters to page filters, see Story and Page Filters.
4 Settings

  • Show/Hide

  • Display As

  • Cascading Effect
5 View Controls

Page Filter Menu Options

To open the page filter menu, do one of the following:

  • Right-click the page filter.

  • Click the page filter and select .

Page Filter Menu Options
Menu Option Description Edit or View Mode
Linked Analysis You can create a filter that simultaneously updates multiple charts, tables, or geo maps in your story. For more information, see Creating a Linked Analysis. Edit mode
Edit Input Control Select this option to configure the dimensions or measures that you want to include in the input control (page filter). Edit mode
Convert to Story Filter You can convert a page filter to a story filter. For more information, see Story and Page Filters. Edit mode
Paste Filter Values Select this option to paste values to append or overwrite your filter.
  • Edit mode
  • View mode
Cascading Effect If Cascading Effect is enabled, the changes that you make to your page filter affect related filters on the same page. For more information, see Story and Page Filters. If there is a check mark () next to this option, it is enabled. Edit mode
Wrap Text If there is a check mark () next to this option, it is enabled. Edit mode
Show/Hide Submenu options:

  • Header Title

  • Header Icon

  • Warning/Error Icon

  • Select All Option

 Edit mode
Display As Submenu options:

  • Description

  • ID and Description

  • ID
  • Edit mode
  • View mode
Copy Submenu options:

  • Copy

  • Copy To

  • Duplicate

 Edit mode
Edit Styling Select this option to open the Styling panel. Edit mode
View Controls Select this option to open the Controls panel. This panel shows all the filters that are applied in your story.
  • Edit mode
  • View mode
Remove Select this option to remove your page filter from your story. Edit mode