Dashboard filters versus cloned dashboards
Key Takeaway
One dashboard with filters lets viewers switch between different views of the data, so it can replace several separate dashboards. Cloning, unlike a filter, creates a new, separate dashboard.
Dashboard filters let people who view a dashboard switch it between different views of the data. Cloning a dashboard creates a separate new dashboard, which you then change and save. A single dashboard with well-chosen filters can do the work of several dashboards, so you need to know both what filters can do and where they stop working.
What a dashboard filter does
A dashboard filter lets a viewer pick a value to narrow what the dashboard shows. The filtering rules apply to fields from the dashboard's source reports.
For example, a Global Sales Overview dashboard can have a filter that lets viewers see results for an individual sales region. A Cases Overview dashboard can use a filter to show only escalated cases.