Creating a Quartile Filter

Quartile Filters group and rank the values for a property into four equal ranges. This filter is available for properties with Integer, Double, Date, Time, and DateTime data types. It is not available for paths.

Follow the instructions below to create a Quartile Filter.

1. Open the Dashboard that you want to add the filter to.
2. In the Hi-Res Analytics main toolbar, click Filters and select Create a Filter. The Create Filter dialog box is displayed.

   

3. Click in the Fields field to open the Property drop-down list and determine the property to filter on. The list of available properties depends on the selected Data Type for the Dashboard.

   For example, the following image shows the list of properties that are available for a Dashboard whose source is a Graphmart that contains data about tickets sold for various types of events. The Data Type for the Dashboard is tickit_events:

   

   The list below describes the icons and options that are available when choosing a property:

   • The Root Value () is the instance URI for the root resource—the URI for the instances of the class that was chosen as the Data Type for the Dashboard.

     To view the Root Value values, you can use the STR function to show a string representation of the URIs.

   • Linked classes are represented by incoming () and outgoing () connection icons. The properties in those classes with a path to another class are denoted with a circle icon (). Selecting a linked property navigates to that class and displays its properties.
   • When a property or path is selected, the breadcrumbs at the top of the dialog box show you the property path. You can click the Clear icon () to clear the path and start again.
   • After you have selected a property, you can apply a function or formula to that property to calculate the values that are displayed in the filter. To add a function, click the function button (fx) at the top of the drop-down list. The functions that become available depend on the data type of the selected property. To choose a more advanced function or type a formula, click Advanced. The Calculated Value dialog box opens and enables you to choose additional properties and functions. For more information, see Calculating Values in Lenses and Filters.
4. After you have selected the property to filter on, click Close to close the Fields drop-down list.
5. Next, click the Filter field and select Quartile from the drop-down list. The dialog box is refreshed to show the Filter Properties that are available for the filter type:

   

6. The only property that is configurable for Quartile Filters is the Title. This field is optional and defines the title that appears at the top of the filter when it is added to the Dashboard. If Title is blank, the value from the Fields field is used as the title.
7. When you have finished configuring the filter, click OK to add it to the Dashboard. The new filter appears in the left pane of the Dashboard and displays the values that are available for filtering the displayed data.

   For example, the filter in the image below shows a Quartile Filter that groups the price paid for tickets to events into four equal ranges.

   

   One or more ranges can be selected to filter the Dashboard data to show only the records from the selected ranges.

When working with the filter on the Dashboard, the following options are available for sorting and configuration:

• Select All Visible (): This option selects all of the items that are listed in the filter.
• show/hide filters: This option is displayed when a value is selected. It shows or hides the selection.
• Clear (): This option is available when one or more items are selected. Clicking Clear removes the selections.
• Designer (): Clicking this icon opens the filter Designer so that you can view or change the filter configuration.
• Close (X): Clicking Close removes the filter from the Dashboard. This action cannot be undone.

Related Topics

• Creating Dashboard Filters