Dynamically filtering line items based on version selected on the page selector

saurabh.raheja · October 2018

We are looking to filter the line items shown on the dashboard as per each version that is selected by the user. We have built a model for P&L Target Setting wherein different stages of the process are included as versions. There are different line items which are relevant for the various versions according to the process stage we are on. So, what is happening currently is we are having to build different sets of dashboards for all these different versions.

I was wondering whether there was a way to filter the line items displayed on the dashboard according to the each selected version.

DavidSmith · October 2018

@saurabh.raheja

You can easily achieve this with a Line Item Subset (assuming all of the metrics are numeric)

1. Let's assume I have the follolwing module, dimensioned by Customer and Version, with four line items: Sales, Volume, Expenses and Costs

2. Create a line item subset from that module and include all applicable line items (Note the Best Practice naming convention (Module:Line Item Subset Description)

3. Create a module dimensioned by Version and the Line Item Subset, with a single Boolean line item and check the appropriate combinations

4. In the target module, set the filter to the line item from above

5. Viola!!

If your P&L Module had the metrics in a list rather than line items, you can skip step 2.

I hope this helps

Happy modelling

David

saurabh.raheja · October 2018

Thanks @DavidSmith for such a detailed explanation. This really helped us!

MadhabikaM · March 2019

Hi David,

Thanks for the above suggestions, it works fine but does this take care of a 'Text' formatted line item as well? because while trying this,I could not choose
(a 'text' formatted line item ,its disabled)in the Subset view.

saurabh.raheja · March 2019

Hi @MadhabikaM

You can only choose Number formatted line items in a Line Item subset. So this solution does not work for text-formatted line items.

Saurabh

MadhabikaM · March 2019

Thanks for your Quick response Saurabh.
So I am trying here to filter few line item based on version selected, so is there any way to do this?
I don't want this text formatted line item to be considered but this needs to be viewed in the dashboard, and this process above is stopping me to do so.

DavidSmith · March 2019

The only way is to have the text line items in another grid (below or to the side), that is shown all of the time regardless of the filtering

David

ryan_kohn · April 2023

There is a related idea on the Idea Exchange. Please kudo and subcribe!

Dynamically filtering the line items columns in a dashboard table

alexpavel

May 23, 2018

Hi all,

I have this issue: I need to create a filter to show dynamically the columns of a table in a dashboard.

I always did this using the “Line items subsets”, creating a separate module with a boolean flag and use the boolean flag in the dashboard as filter on “Line items” tab.

The only issue is that the “Line Item subsets” works only for numeric formatted line items…but the challenge is to create a system also valid for non-numeric line items ( lists, texts, etc).

Does anybody have any idea ?

Thanks

Alex

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