Update interactive filter from URL params

[Justin Pakula]

Hello,

I have a business requirement to update a dashboard dynamically from a URL using an interactive filter. The dashboard contains 3 reports and an interactive filter. I would like to create a module link in the filter navigator that will redirect to that dashboard with my parameters that will auto populate the interactive filter that already exists on the page. 

I have a module link redirecting to the homepage with my parameters. I have a dynamic content block which accepts the URL parameters and will filter the reports, however, the existing interactive filter will not update to the correct filtered value. For example, I have an interactive filter for active records. The defaulted value in the interactive filter widget loaded is "true" but my parameter from the URL will say "active=false". The page will load and filter the reports from the dynamic content block I have written and update the records, but the interactive filter will still say "active=true". I am not sure how to update the interactive filter to match my URL parameters.

Here is very simplified example of the dynamic content block. 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<j:jelly trim="false" xmlns:j="jelly:core" xmlns:g="glide" xmlns:j2="null" xmlns:g2="null">
	<script>
        var encQuery = "active=true";
        publishToFilter(encQuery);

        function publishToFilter (encQuery) {
            var taskDashboardHandler = new DashboardMessageHandler('task_filter_handler');
            taskDashboardHandler.publishFilter('task', encQuery);
            console.log("Publishing Filter: " + encQuery);
        }
	</script>
</j:jelly>

Any help is much appreciated!

Thank you,

Justin

[salmezy]

Hello Justin,

Any luck figuring this out.

I have the same requirement.

Thank you,

Salman Ahmed

[Community Alums]

Hi @Justin Pakula & @salmezy ,

Anyone of you able to achieve this requirement.? If yes, kindly help on the same.

Regards,

Sirraj

[CMDB Whisperer]

This doesn't seem to be documented as a URL parameter and since $dashboards.do is private, my assumption is that this is not currently possible, but I too would be very interested in doing this.  Browsing the idea portal I see a lot of enhancements related to interactive filters but only one of them has been implemented, and none of them refer to the URL parameters.  So I think the chances of getting this done any time soon are very low.

[CMDB Whisperer]

Worth noting here that if you rebuild your dashboard in UI Builder, you can pass whatever parameters you want and create a much more dynamic experience!