Incubator-superset: Filter box on a metric

[jpetot]

Hi,

I want to create a filter box for my dashboard.
I want to apply the filter control on a metrics (not a columns)

Expected results

I expect metric or custom sql space in the filter controls bar

Actual results

currently I can only choose my columns

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Environment

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• superset version: superset website
• python version: python --3.7
• node.js version: node -v
• npm version: npm -v

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[thunderbird57]

I have exactly same problem

[mistercrunch]

The filter box "visualization" could have an option to reuse the FilterControl. In theory this should work

[mistercrunch]

Workaround idea: creating a "bracket" column either as a physical column or as an expression. Ex: instead of an integer age column, you can expose a 0-9, 10 to 19, ...

But that's just a workaround. Curious how other dashboarding tools do it. I remember seeing range sliders and such on other tools.

[thunderbird57]

Workaround idea: creating a "bracket" column either as a physical column or as an expression.

Yes this work in cases where we have static ranges known. We have created some calculated columns to define filter ranges and then use it dimension filters.

[mistercrunch]

Longer term we want to make filter box as a dashboard native component (as opposed to the current "special visualization" status) and completely redesign it. SIP-34 touches on some ideas around contextual filter bars.

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