Select

You can use the single and multi select variable to choose one or multiple options simultaneously from a set of choices.

1. Multi select

1. Multi select configuration

This section outlines configurations specific to multi-select variables.

1.1. Options: Specify the options that will be displayed in the variables panel.

1.2. Assign values: Enable this toggle to assign values to each option. The value associated with the option will be taken when the variable is referenced.

2. Examples

2.1. Filter based on option selection

STEP 1: Create a select variable with the configuration shown below.

STEP 2: Create an Inforiver filter that references the technical name of the select variable.

STEP 3: Select options from the variable and notice how the data gets filtered without having to update the Inforiver filter.

2. Single select

This section outlines configurations specific to multi-select variables.

1.1. Options: Specify the options that will be displayed in the variables panel.

1.2. Assign values: Enable this toggle to assign values to each option. The value associated with the option will be taken when the variable is referenced.

You can set up filters using single-select variables, which is similar to how we do for multi-select variables.