How to use filters#

Most columns in a metrics/example table have a corresponding filter widget in the Filters panel. The filter widgets include sliders, check boxes, and search boxes, depending on the types of the column values.

Each filter widget has a set of tools on its title bar. From left to right, they are:

  • Lock: Lock the filter such that clearing all filters will not affect this locked filter

  • Show/hide filtered-out points: Show/hide the filtered-out data points in grey in charts; default hide

  • Invert filter criterion: Invert the applied filter criterion

  • Reset filter: Reset the filter

  • Collapse filter: Collapse the filter widget

When a filter is applied, the background of the filter will turn to yellow, and the global Clearing all filters icon will appear on the title bar of the Filters panel. You can click it to clear all applied filters except those that are locked.

Shortcuts: D vs CTRL+D

  • D: Clear all filters (except those that are locked) and polygon selections

  • CTRL+D: Clear only polygon selections

Show/hide filtered-out points: filter tool vs chart tool

There are similar tools to Show/hide filtered-out points in two places - one in individual filters and another in the Charts toolbar. The one in each filter is used to control that individual filter, while the one in the Charts toolbar is used to control individual charts. Filtered-out points will only be shown in grey in a particular chart when the option to show them is turned on in both tools. The benefit of having both is two-fold:

  • The filter tool controls each filter independently as each filter has this tool.

  • The polygon selection can be separated from the filters in terms of showing or hiding the filtered-out points.

This is practically useful when you want to see just one epoch (turning off the Epoch filter “show/hide” tool) and, meanwhile, want to see the spatial relationship between points filtered-in and filtered-out by lasso selection (turning on the Charts “show/hide” tool).