Dashboards and Widgets Creation Guide - MicroStrategy

Dashboards and Widgets Creation Guide Providing Interactivity to Users: Selectors 4
Defining the Current State of a selector
The state of a selector is controlled by the Current state and Number of
Elements settings, as described below:
• For a slicing selector, the following scenarios are possible:
The target displays the first Number of Elements, where Number of
Elements is selector items. For example, if the selector source is
Region and Number of Elements is defined as two, the first two
regions (Central and Mid-Atlantic) are displayed.
To do this, set Current State to Use first and specify the Number of
Elements.
The target displays the last Number of Elements, where Number of
Elements is selector items. For example, if the selector source is
Region and Number of Elements is defined as one, the last region
(Web) is displayed.
To do this, set Current State to Use last and specify the Number of
Elements.
The target displays data for all the items in the selector.
To do this, set Current State to All.
When a user chooses items in the selector, the target displays the
selected items. When the user saves the dashboard with his selections,
Current State is automatically switched to Set to specific elements.
Current State is automatically defined as Set to specific elements;
you cannot select this option.
• For a filtering selector, the following scenarios are possible:
The target is not filtered and therefore displays data for all items in
the selector. In the selector, none of the selector items is selected. A
drop-down list will have blank space, a button bar will not have any
buttons selected, no radio buttons will be selected, and so on.
To do this, set Current State to Unset (no filter).
When a user chooses items in the selector, the target displays the
selected items. When the user saves the dashboard with his selections,
Current State is automatically switched to Set to specific elements.
© 2012 MicroStrategy, Inc. Determining how the target of a selector displays (current state) 161