Many widgets let you select some or all of the data presented in them, to use as filters for other widget containing other data.  For example, having the selection in a drop-down list with customer IDs filter a summary table of product sales will allow you to see product sales for a particular customer or group of customers.

 

Some widgets, such as date pickers, drop-down lists, and text-search boxes, act mainly as selection filters for other widgets.  Other widgets, like pivot tables and charts, are not always used as selecton filters.   This is why charts and pivots have two possible operating modes - regular mode and selection mode.

 

Tuning selection on and off can be done from the 'Selection Mode' button (highlighted) in the widget toolbar:

   

 

To clear the selection in a widget, click on the 'Clear Selection' button (highlighted) in the widget toolbar:

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