FAQ/filtering-in-dashboards.md
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+#How Does Filtering In Dashboards Work?
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+To apply filters in a dashboard, all reports included in the dashboard must contain the same filter.
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+**New default behavior for Izenda dashboard filtering** (10/31/2013 - DLL v6.6.5052) looks at column names **ONLY** for matching report filters for dashboard filtering purposes.
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+- **_I create Report A:_**
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+ _Employee Table:_
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+ Last Name
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+ Country
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+ **Filter 1** : Country
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+ **Filter 2** : Last Name
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+- **_I create Report B:_**
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+ _Supplier Table:_
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+ Supplier Name
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+ Country
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+ **Filter 1** : Country
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+ **Filter 2** : Supplier Name
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+- **I create a dashboard from these two reports:**
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+ _Dashboard contains Filter_ : Country
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+**The default behavior in _classic_ Izenda is to look at _fully qualified_ column names:**
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+_dbo.suppliers.country_ _**IS NOT**_ _dbo.employees.country_ - though they may have many of the same values or the exact same- thus filters do not show up in dashboards at all for the above situation.
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+To re-enable classic behavior, fully qualified column names for dashboard filtering, in your deployment after upgrading:
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+``AdHocSettings.UseColumnNameForDashboardCommonFilters = false;``
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