Use a Parameter as a Dashboard Filter Control

You can use a parameter as a dashboard filter control to select and change the dimension and measure column values for the visualizations on a canvas.

These tutorials provide use cases explaining how to use a parameter in the dashboard filter control:

Tutorial

Note:

Adding a parameter as a dashboard filter control functions as a column selector, it doesn't filter data.

Using a parameter as a dashboard filter control doesn't provide the same features as a standard filter. For example, it doesn't provide the Top Bottom N, exclude, nulls, or limit values functionalities.

You can also use parameters to bind a dashboard filter to a corresponding filter in other canvases in the workbook. This allows you to pass a selected filter value from one canvas to another. See Create and Bind a Parameter to a Dashboard Filter.

On the Home page, hover over a workbook, click Actions, then select Open.
In the Data panel, click Visualizations, scroll to the Dashboard Controls section, and drag Dashboard Filters to the canvas.
In the Data panel, click Parameters, and drag and drop a parameter to Filter Controls in the Dashboard Filter visualization's grammar panel.
Click Save.