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This documentation is for the legacy Izenda 6 product. Documentation for the new Izenda 7 product can be found at https://www.izenda.com/docs/

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To apply filters in a dashboard, all reports included in the dashboard must contain the same filter.

The new default behavior for Izenda dashboard filtering looks at 'fully qualified' column names for matching report filters for dashboard filtering purposes by default.

Example

Using the Northwinds database

1) Create Report A using the Employee table:

  • Fields:
  • Last Name
  • Country

  • Filter 1: Country

  • Filter 2: Last Name

2) Create Report B using the Supplier table

  • Fields:
  • Supplier Name
  • Country

  • Filter 1: Country

  • Filter 2: Supplier Name

3) Create a dashboard from these two reports

  • Expected dashboard filter: Country

Explanation

The default behavior in classic (Pre v6.6) Izenda is to look at fully qualified column names.

During v6.7 the default was to use ColumnName only.

The current default value is to use the fully qualified field name (AdHocSettings.UseColumnNameForDashboardCommonFilters = True;)

Although they may share similar values or have the exact same values, dbo.suppliers.country IS NOT dbo.employees.country . Because of this, the filter in the example will not show up in the dashboard in vanilla Izenda.

To disable datasource-specific behavior (fully qualified column names) for dashboard filtering, you will need to change the UseColumnNameForDashboardCommonFilters to false in your deployment after upgrading.

Global.asax (C♯)

//Using the fully qualified name to determine common filters (Example: View.ColumnName)
AdHocSettings.UseColumnNameForDashboardCommonFilters = true;

//Using only the 'ColumnName' to determine common filters
AdHocSettings.UseColumnNameForDashboardCommonFilters = false;

Global.asax (VB.NET)

//Using the fully qualified name to determine common filters (Example: View.ColumnName)
AdHocSettings.UseColumnNameForDashboardCommonFilters = True

//Using only the 'ColumnName' to determine common filters
AdHocSettings.UseColumnNameForDashboardCommonFilters = False