Filtering

InstaCharts allows you to set a series of filters on your full dataset to limit the amount of rows shown in your chart.

Filters can be found on the Data tab, on the Full Dataset view. Each column can have a series of filters set.

A quick filter option that filters all columns is also available.

Quick Filter

Need to quickly filter the data that appears in the chart? Click the magnifying glass in the sheet toolbar, and type in a word or number that appears in all rows you want to appear in the chart.

Setting a quick filter to only include rows that contain 'tablet' in the chart

Note

Quick Filter is a Contains filter that is applied across all columns on every row in the dataset.

Column Filters

In the Full Dataset view, every column header contains a dropdown menu icon. Click it to launch the column menu, then click Set Filters to launch the Column Filters dialog.

Setting multiple filters on the Earnings column to reduce the data shown in the chart

Multiple filters can be set on each column. The filter types are explained below.

Text Filter

Filters on text columns include:

• Contains and Not Contains
• Equals and Not Equals
• Starts With and Ends with
• Blank and Not Blank

Number Filter

Filters on numerical columns include:

• Equals and Not Equals
• Less than and Less than or equals
• Greater than and Greater than or equals
• In range
• Blank and Not Blank

Date Filter

Filters on date columns include:

• Equals and Not Equals
• Less than
• Greater than
• In range
• Blank and Not Blank

Note

The Not Blank filter is very useful. Use it to prevent blank values from being charted.

Remove Filters

There are two ways to remove a column filter:

• Select Remove Filters from the column dropdown menu
• Press the Clear button from inside the Column Filters dialog.