# Making Selections in a Widget

> You can click specific portions of most widgets (except for table and indicator widgets) to select the widget's portion. This filters the dashboard according to the selected data by adding a filter to the dashboard's Filters panel.

*Source: https://docs.sisense.com/main/SisenseLinux/making-selections-in-a-widget.htm*

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Last updated: June 11, 2026

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You can click specific portions of most widgets (except for table and indicator widgets) to select the widget's
portion. This filters the dashboard according to the selected data by adding a filter to the dashboard's Filters
panel.

You can also use the selection to drill down in the widget (see [Drilling Down in a Widget](https://docs.sisense.com/main/SisenseLinux/drilling-down-in-a-widget.md) ).

**To select an item in a widget for filtering:**

- Left-click an item in a widget to automatically select it and add a dashboard filter according to the
  selection.
- For multiple selection, use the **Ctrl** key. When released, a menu will appear. Click
  **Select**.

  ![Making Selections](https://docs.sisense.com/main/Resources/Images/Making Selections.png)
- In chart widgets, you can drag and draw the area to be selected, as shown below:
    
  ![Making Selections](https://docs.sisense.com/main/Resources/Images/Making Selections 2.png)

**Note:**

Widget filters always have a higher priority than dashboard filters on the same dimension, (see [Creating Widget Filters](https://docs.sisense.com/main/SisenseLinux/creating-widget-filters.md)). This means that drilling by selection on the dashboard level will **not** change the widget if there is a filter applied on the widget level on the same dimension.

When you select a portion of the widget, click ![Making Selections](https://docs.sisense.com/main/Resources/Images/Making Selections 4.png) to expand your view of the selection.

![Data](https://docs.sisense.com/main/Resources/Images/data.png)

You can refine your data further by toggling the switches on the left side as shown in the example below.
  
![Making Selections](https://docs.sisense.com/main/Resources/Images/Making Selections 3.png)

**To clear your selection**

When drilling down by making a selection, the system creates a corresponding dashboard level filter. In order to return to the dashboard’s previous state you can use one of the following options:

- Delete, disable or create a dashboard filter
- Use the [Clear selection] button which is displayed in the widgets that have the same dimension and granularity as any of the dashboard filters

    
  ![Filters clear selection filters](https://docs.sisense.com/main/Resources/Images/filters-clear-selection-filters.png)

When you extensively explore the dashboard and navigate between different hierarchies you may face a situation in which the original filter created by a selection **has a different granularity than the widget**, (for example, the widget is using quarters while the filter is using days). In this case there will be no [Clear selection] option in the widget to quickly get back to its original state.

When this happens:

- You may need to set up your default filters and revert the existing ones to the default state. See [Saving Your Default Filters View](https://docs.sisense.com/main/SisenseLinux/saving-your-default-filters-view.md) for more information.
- Or, if the dashboard is shared with you, restore the dashboard to the original state. See [Restoring Filters](https://docs.sisense.com/main/SisenseLinux/restoring-filters.md) for more information.

## Limitations

- Selecting/Unselecting series from the legend will not automatically become filters:

  - The legend category selection resets when switching tabs (for example, via Tabber)
  - The legend category selection resets when resizing widgets

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