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Filter dashboard on latest year based on the Elasticube data

mceclip1.png Analytical Need

Fact tables may include a wide date range. For instance, a table can have historical dates without any transaction of the current year,
The Need : filter the dashboard based on the latest year in the data 

mceclip2.png Modeling Challenge

We need to filter the dashboard based on the latest year in the data,
Using the Time Frame option in the filter will use the server time.

mceclip3.png Solution

Using the Anchor in the advanced filter will filter the dashboard based on the latest year in the data.
Historical data of 2011,2012 & 2013
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filtering on "This Year' will filter out all the data from the dashboard 
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Adding the anchor to the advanced filter 
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Dashboard shows data from year 2013 (the latest year in the dataset)
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Updated 03-02-2023
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