The Scenario
A national sales dashboard currently shows a single view of total company revenue. The regional managers want to filter by their region, drill into product categories, and compare this quarter to last quarter. The current dashboard has no interactivity.
The Brief
Design the filter architecture for an interactive BI dashboard. Specify which filters exist, how they interact (cascading vs independent), and what happens when a user applies multiple filters simultaneously.
Deliverables
- A list of all filters: Region (multi-select), Product Category (cascading), Date Range (picker), and Comparison Period (toggle)
- The filter interaction model: which filters are independent and which cascade (e.g., selecting a region narrows the product list)
- The default state: what the dashboard shows when no filters are applied
- One edge case: what happens when a filter combination returns zero results
Submission Guidance
A dashboard with 10 filters and no guidance is unusable. Think about progressive disclosure — show the most-used filters first.
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