Control Elements

There are two types of filters in our reporting - Control Elements which are present on top of each page and can simply be selected by users and Element Filters which can be created by users inside of elements/visualizations and tables.

Control Elements

When viewing one of these reports, changing the value of a control element automatically updates the data displayed in any elements targeted by that control. For example, a List control shows the filter values from which you can select:

The targeted data element updates to show the filtered results:

Important explanation about Control Elements: They are connected, as changing one will impact the other Control Elements on the page

Here is an example:

If we set the event date filter to be the “current week,” then the category control element might only have Concerts because Concerts is the only category with data in that time period. Additionally, the Event Headliner control element/filter will only contain concert performer/s whose concerts have event dates within that week.

One important control element in the Standard Reporting workbook is Company Name, which is synced throughout the reports, so changing the company name selected on one page will change the control element throughout the entire workbook.  For this particular control element, the number next to each company name is irrelevant.