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2932148 - How to apply a filter on a dimension and suppress that dimension in Explorer mode when launched from Stories in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)

Symptom

During Story creation, when a filter is applied on a dimension, you cannot suppress that dimension in Explorer mode.

Environment

SAP Analytics Cloud

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Create a new story
  2. Add a chart or table
  3. In the Builder Panel, apply a filter on any <dimension>
  4. Click the "Enable Explorer" checkbox
  5. Click the "Configure Measures & Dimensions" button
  6. Click the "Dimensions" menu
  7. Notice <dimension> is automatically selected and greyed out. Does not allow you to remove the selection

Cause

Working as designed. More details on Launching the Explorer from a Story Canvas documentation

Resolution

Create Restricted Measures in lieu of filtering the data. When a Restricted Measure is used instead of a filter, you can navigate to "Configure Measures & Dimensions", and notice the dimension is no longer greyed out.

See Also

Creating Restricted Measures

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Keywords

gray, designer mode, edit mode, hide , KBA , LOD-ANA-DES , Story Design & Visualizations , How To

Product

SAP Analytics Cloud 1.0