Filter Your Data

Apply worksheet and workbook filters to limit which data appears in your report.

Filters let you restrict report data by accounts, levels, versions, currencies, attributes, or custom dimensions — without adding those elements to rows or columns.

Worksheet vs workbook filters

Filter typeScopePrecedence
Worksheet filterApplies to one sheet onlyOverrides workbook filters
Workbook filterApplies to all sheets in the workbookLower precedence than worksheet filters

Apply a worksheet filter

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Open the Filters tab in the Reporting pane In the Reporting pane, click the Filters tab.
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Click Worksheet Filters The Worksheet Filters dialog opens. It shows any previously selected filters.
The Worksheet Filters dialog in OfficeConnect

The Worksheet Filters dialog — browse or search the hierarchy to select which elements to filter by.

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Search or browse for elements to filter by Example: To filter by two specific levels, expand the Level hierarchy and select Company A and Company B.
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Click OK Your selected elements appear in the Filters tab as a subset.
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Enable the filters In the Filters tab, click Enable Filters, then check the specific elements you want active.
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Refresh The report now shows data only for the filtered elements.
Active filters shown in the Filters tab of the Reporting pane

The Filters tab with Enable Filters checked and two level filters active.

Turn filters off without losing selections

In the Filters tab, uncheck Enable Filters. Your filter selections are remembered — they’re just inactive. Re-check Enable Filters to reapply them later.

Multi-select filters

You can select multiple elements at once by right-clicking an element in the filter list and using the context menu. When a parent is in Collapse All state, selecting it selects all its descendants too.

Review active filters

To verify which filters are active on a worksheet:

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Click the Review tab in the Reporting pane In the Reporting pane, click the Review tab.
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Expand Worksheet to see active worksheet filters Click the Worksheet section to expand it and see which filters are active on this sheet.
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Expand Workbook to see active workbook filters Click the Workbook section to see filters that apply across all sheets.

Applied filters are listed under Elements in each section.

Next steps

Cut, Copy & Move Elements to rearrange elements in your report