# Interacting with Filters as a Designer

> If you are a Dashboard Designer, you can define both dashboard filters and widget filters

*Source: https://docs.sisense.com/main/SisenseLinux/interacting-with-filters-as-a-designer-overview.htm*

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Last updated: June 11, 2026

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If you are a Dashboard Designer, you can define both dashboard filters and widget filters, as follows:

- **Dashboard Filters**: This type of filter affects all the widgets in the dashboard (except the
  widgets that you configured as independent). Designers can create dashboard filters and viewers can view and
  interact with them.
- **Widget Filters**: This type of filter affects only the specific widget it was applied to. A
  designer can define which subset of data values is displayed in a widget. Viewers do not see these filters and
  cannot change them.

  **Note:**

  Dashboard editing rights are assigned by Dashboard Designers and Designers.

This section includes the following topics:

- [Creating and Editing Filters](https://docs.sisense.com/main/SisenseLinux/creating-dashboard-filters-1.md)
- [Filter Relationship Editor](https://docs.sisense.com/main/SisenseLinux/filter-relationship-engine.md)
- [Editing and Deleting a Dashboard Filter](https://docs.sisense.com/main/SisenseLinux/editing-and-deleting-a-dashboard-filter.md)
- [Creating Widget Filters](https://docs.sisense.com/main/SisenseLinux/creating-widget-filters.md)
- [Configuring How Filters Affect the Dashboard and Widgets](https://docs.sisense.com/main/SisenseLinux/configuring-how-filters-affect-the-dashboard-and-widgets.md)
- [Locking Filters](https://docs.sisense.com/main/SisenseLinux/locking-filters.md)
- [Restoring Filters](https://docs.sisense.com/main/SisenseLinux/restoring-filters.md)
- [Switching Filters On and Off](https://docs.sisense.com/main/SisenseLinux/switching-filters-on-and-off.md)
- [Saving Your Default Filters View](https://docs.sisense.com/main/SisenseLinux/saving-your-default-filters-view.md)
- [Limiting Filters to Specific Values with Background Filters](https://docs.sisense.com/main/SisenseLinux/limiting-filters-to-specific-values-with-background-filters.md)
- [Active Filters in Widgets](https://docs.sisense.com/main/SisenseLinux/active-filters-in-widgets.md)
- [Creating Dashboard Legacy Filters](https://docs.sisense.com/main/SisenseLinux/creating-dashboard-filters.md)