Viewing existing filters - Amazon QuickSight

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Viewing existing filters

When you edit a dataset or open an analysis, you can view any existing filters that were created. Use the following procedures to learn how.

Viewing filters in datasets

  1. From the QuickSight start page, choose Datasets.

    
								This is an image of the datasets option on the left pane when you first open QuickSight.
  2. Choose the dataset that you want, and then choose Edit dataset.

  3. On the data preparation page that opens, choose Filters at lower left to expand the Filters section.

    Any filters that are applied to the dataset appear here. If a single field has multiple filters, they are grouped together. They display in order of create date, with the oldest filter on top.

    
								This is an image of the filters section of the left pane when editing a dataset.

Viewing filters in analyses

Use the following procedure to view filters in analyses.

To view a filter in an analysis
  1. From the QuickSight start page, choose Analyses.

    
								This is an image of the analyses option on the left pane when you first open QuickSight.
  2. On the Analyses page, choose the analysis that you want to work with.

  3. In the analysis, choose Filter at left.

    
								This is an image of the filters option on the left pane in an analysis.

    Any filters applied to the analysis appear here.

    You can see how a filter is scoped in an analysis. To do so, choose the filter in the pane and view the Applied to section at the top of the pane. For more information about scoping filters, see Adding filters.