Difference between Input Control and Filter

[Former Member]

Hi Every one,

Can any one please tell me the difference between input control and filter's in web intelligence report.......

Thanks in advance....

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Input Control

Input controls provide a convenient, easily-accessible method for filtering and analyzing report data.

You define input controls using standard windows controls such as text boxes and radio buttons. You

associate these controls with report elements such as tables or section headers, and use the controls

to filter the data in the report elements. When you select values in the input control, you filter the values

in the associated report elements by the values you selected.

You can also define tables and charts as input controls. When you select a value in the table or chart,

you filter the values in the associated report elements by the values you selected.

You can use input controls to analyze different scenarios by changing the value of variables. You define

a variable with a constant value, then assign an input control, for example a slider, to the variable. You

can then change the value of the variable using the slider control; if the variable is part of a formula,

you can use the slider control to examine different formula results based on the variable value.

Input controls are report-specific. They are grouped on the Input Controls tab on the Left Pane.

Filter

You limit the data returned to the document by applying filters when you define the query. Using query

filters enables you to secure the data that you don’t want specific user groups to see and limits the size

of the documents that are stored on your network. When you run the query on the document data, the

query returns only the values that meet the query filter definitions.

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Regards,

Atul Divekar

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thank u for giving the answer in an easily understandable way....

[Former Member]

Hi Ravi,

Input control is used to represent the data in the way you want. (Representation)

Filter is used to Restrict the data of the report. (Restiction)

Thanks,

Parthiban

[Former Member]

Hi Ravi,

Following are the type of filters in WebI:

Query Filter: This is applied in Query adds a where clause in the SQL.

Report Global Filter: This is applied on the entire report Tab, all the blocks, charts in the tab are affected.

Block Filter: This is applied on a particular block, it only affects a particular block only, rest of  the report is un affected.

Drill Filter: This comes as a drop down in Webi and you can choose to fuilet it, this is againa global filter, this is also enabled when you use drilling in the report.

Only Drill filter can be used in View mode, directly. rest all are applied in Edit mode.

Input Control is kind of a filter ,but it is more interactive way of doing it , It provides you a console in View mode to apply filter, It does filtering of records on the basis of what you select or choose , the main advantage it is in Voew mode automatically if you have applied and you can change it in view mode.

IC can be used like : Combo Box, Radio Button Slider, etc.

So A better UI in IC and dynamic in View mode.

Hope this helps.

Thanks,

Avinash