Menu Options for Story and Page Filters in Optimized Story Experience

In SAP Analytics Cloud's Optimized Story Experience, 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 Sort

  • Default Order

  • Ascending

  • Descending

  • Add Custom Order
4

Cascading Effect (Edit mode only)

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.
5
Show/Hide (Edit mode only)

  • Header Title

  • Header Icon

  • Subtitle

  • Warning/Error Icon

  • Select All Option
6 Display As

  • Description

  • ID and Description

  • ID

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 Filter Select this option to configure the dimensions or measures that you want to include in the page filter. Edit mode
Sort

Select this option to sort your dimensions or measures in your page filter.

Submenu options:

  • Default Order

  • Ascending

  • Descending

  • Add Custom Order (Edit mode only)
  • Edit mode
  • View 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

  • Apply Selection Button

Note

If the Apply Selection Button option is disabled, any new dimensions or measures that you select or deselect in your filter will directly apply to your page. If this option is enabled, you will need to select Apply Selections for your new filter choices to apply to your page.

 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 This option is currently not supported in Optimized Story Experience.
  • Edit mode
  • View mode
Remove Select this option to remove your page filter from your story. Edit mode
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