Link filter between different datasets

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1

I have two datasets with a common field:

- A
--- commonField
--- dateA

- B
--- commonField
--- dateB

Right now I am filtering the commonField in dataset A by a date interval, resulting in a table where dateA fulfill the date condition.

Now I want to show a table with commonField and dateB from dataset B given the filtered rows from dataset A in the previous step, using the A.commonField information.

The only way I actually found to do this is by filtering using custom actions: clicking on a singlecommonField in dataset A, the table containing the dataset B information will filter by that commonField element, but…

Do I have to do this element by element, since the custom action activates when I select a single commonField in A? Can I select multiple elements?
Is there another way to filter dataset B given the filtered commonField from dataset A?

I would like to omit a join of both datasets since it would lead to duplicated data in my project.

Thanks in advance!

2

Hi you should be able to do this if you name both of the fields the same name in each dataset and then click apply filter to all applicable visuals.

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3

That would work if I would have computed the filter directly on commonField, but that is not the case since I want to filter A.commonField given a filter on A.dateA, and then indirectly filter all the fields in dataset B by the filtered A.commonField.

4

Your question is similar to the following : Filter one table visual based on other table visual's result - #4 by Koushik_Muthanna .

5

@Koushik_Muthanna Thanks for the referenced post, I will take a look at the proposed solution for multifiltering.