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Basic Usage
{% dimension_grid
    id="product_filter"
    data="demo_daily_orders"
/%}

Examples

Basic Usage

Basic Usage
{% dimension_grid
    id="product_filter"
    data="demo_daily_orders"
/%}

With Explicit Dimensions and Metric

{% dimension_grid
    id="sales_filter"
    data="orders"
    dimensions=["category", "region"]
    metric="sum(sales)"
    fmt="usd"
    limit=5
/%}

Using Filter in Query

Using Filter in Query
{% dimension_grid id="order_filter" data="orders" /%}

```sql filtered_orders
select * from orders
where {{order_filter.filter}}
```

Attributes

id
string
required
The id of the dimension grid to use in a filters prop
data
string
required
Name of the table to query
dimensions
array
Array of column names to display as dimensions. If not provided, auto-detects string columns.
metric
string
default:"count(*)"
SQL aggregation expression (default: count(*))
metric_label
string
Label displayed above the metric values
fmt
string
Format code for the metric values (e.g., “num0”, “usd”, “pct1”). See Value Formatting for available formats.
limit
number
default:"10"
Maximum number of values to show per dimension (default: 10)
multiple
boolean
default:"true"
Allow multiple selections per dimension (default: true)
filters
array
Array of filter IDs to apply when querying dimension values
where
string
SQL WHERE clause to filter data
title
string
Title displayed above the dimension grid
subtitle
string
Subtitle displayed below the title
width
number
Set the width of this component (in percent) relative to the page width

Using the Filter Variable

Reference this filter using {{filter_id}}. The value returned depends on where you use it.
ContextDefault PropertyNo SelectionResult

Available Properties

You can also access specific properties using {{filter_id.property}}:

.filter

Returns a complete SQL filter expression combining all dimension selections. Returns true when no values are selected.
{% dimension_grid id="dim_filter" data="orders" /%}

```sql filtered_orders
select * from orders
where {{dim_filter.filter}}
```

.selected

Returns an object with dimension names as keys and selected values as arrays. Useful for accessing individual dimension selections.
{% dimension_grid id="dim_filter" data="orders" dimensions=["category", "region"] /%}

Selected categories: {{dim_filter.category}}
Selected regions: {{dim_filter.region}}

.literal

Returns a human-readable summary of all selections.
{% dimension_grid id="dim_filter" data="orders" /%}

Active filters: {{dim_filter.literal}}