From 98237d188ca6b5abf51ed33ec9e1485571179796 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Maxime Beauchemin Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 00:20:57 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] [docs] more details on how filters are applied --- docs/faq.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst index 60d4e32f04b5..77e6d9767807 100644 --- a/docs/faq.rst +++ b/docs/faq.rst @@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ The widget also has a checkbox ``Date Filter``, which enables time filtering capabilities to your dashboard. After checking the box and refreshing, you'll see a ``from`` and a ``to`` dropdown show up. +By default, the filtering will be applied to all the slices that are built +on top of a datasource that shares the column name that the filter is based +on. It's also a requirement for that column to be checked as "filterable" +in the column tab of the table editor. + But what about if you don't want certain widgets to get filtered on your dashboard? You can do that by editing your dashboard, and in the form, edit the ``JSON Metadata`` field, more specifically the