Possible reasons why the Filter To/Filter Out options show as disabled in TIBCO Spotfire client

Possible reasons why the Filter To/Filter Out options show as disabled in TIBCO Spotfire client

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Article ID: KB0071936

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Spotfire Analyst All

Description

This article explains possible reasons why after marking some rows on a visualization, followed by Right click > Marked Rows > Filter To/Filter Out options are shown as disabled. See Marking in Visualizations for more details.

Environment

All

Resolution

Possible reasons: Or:
  • If under the Data Table Properties > General > Filters, "Manage manually" is selected. Since Filter To / From needs to be able to create filters, it will disable these functions if "Manage manually" option for filter is selected. Select "Create automatically for all columns" to avoid this.

Issue/Introduction

After marking some rows, Right click on Visualization > Marked Rows > Filter To/FilterOut options are disabled in the TIBCO Spotfire installed client

Additional Information

Doc: Marking in Visualizations Doc: Working with In-Database Data Doc: Details on Data Table Properties – General