When you are looking for a specific type of item on the server or items that meet specific criteria, you can use filters to narrow a list to just the relevant items. For example, you may only want to see views that were published this week or by a specific person.
Tableau Server pages have a navigation column along the left side. By default this column contains a collection of filters that help you quickly find the items you are looking for. As you browse through the workbooks and views on the sever, links to your most recently viewed items will also display in the left column.
You can filter views or workbooks by clicking on the corresponding links in the left column. You can filter by Date, Project, and Publisher. In addition, views can be filtered by Tag. Refer to Understanding Tags to learn more about how to add and remove tags.
When you click a filter, you must specify the filter criteria. For example, if you click the By Date filter, you then must choose a time period such as Today, Yesterday, Last Week, and so on. Some example criteria pages are shown below.
After you've defined the filter criteria, the results are listed. The filter criteria is displayed at the top of the list.
You can continue to add filters by clicking on the group titles in the sorted list. For example, in the list below when you click on the Date and Time workbook title, a filter is added to only show views from that workbook. You can remove filters by clicking the 'x' button next to each filter.