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Filter data using parameters

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- [Instructor] When you define a filter, Tableau limits the visualization summary to the values you want. You can always edit a filter to change the values it shows, but it's handy to use a visible control to make those changes. If you create a top filter, for example, you can use a parameter to identify how many values to display. In this movie, I will show you how to create a changeable filter using a parameter. My sample file is 06_08_Parameter, and you can find it in the Chapter06 folder of the Exercise Files collection. In this workbook, I have Orders by Product, and you see that they're listed here by product name. Let's say that I want to create a parameter control that will show between 1 and 10 of my most popular products by order total. So what I want you to do to start is to create a parameter based on order total, because that's what I'll be filtering on. So I will go over to the sidebar, point to the…

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