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h2. Overview
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The Filter format tab contains a number of sections that you can use to format your filters.  

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Each of these sections is described below.

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h2. General Settings
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The main formatting options for report filters are displayed below.

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h3. {expand:title=Format}
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|*Filter Display*|Select the location for User Prompt filters to be displayed on the Report page.|
|*Apply Link Location*|Select the location for the apply button or link to be displayed. This is positioned within the Filter Display (defined above).|
|*Apply Style*|Use a button to apply selected filter values.|
|*Filter Width*|Select the length for User Prompt filter values display, allowing you to accommodate longer values.|
|*Display Filter Values*|Allows you to display a legend of filter values applied to the report.|
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|*Autorun Report on Load*|Apply default and remembered filter values and run the report on first load.|
|*Remember Filter Values*|Remember filter values previously applied to this report and load on next viewing.|
|*Drill Filters*|Minimise display of filters applied to the report as part of the Drill Through process. |
|*Minimise Filter Section*|Minimise the filter display on first load of the report.|
|*Filter Date Reference*|Apply pre-defined date periods relative to the current date.|
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h3. {expand:title=Filter Refresh}
This option is only available if one or more filters have been set to use Cached Values.
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|*Refresh*|There are two available refresh options available for cached filters:
* *Manual:* allow users to manually refresh cached filter values. This should be used if values don't change regularly.
* *Scheduled:* schedule automatic cached filter values refresh. This should be used if values change often.|

If the refresh setting is defined as *Scheduled* then the following scheduling options will become available. This schedule will apply to *all* cached filters on this report.

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h2. Filter Settings - Dates
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h3. {expand:title=Display}
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|*Description*|Define the title of the filter.|
|*Display Filter in Legend*|Show or hide this filter from the filter legend list.|
|*Filter Requirement*|There are two available options:
* *Allow Omit:* allow the user to leave this filter blank. 
* *Mandatory:* force the user to provide a value for this filter in order to run the report.|
|*Display Dependant On*|Select a filter for this filter to be dependant on. This will mean that the selected filter will have to have a value selected before the dependant filter displays.
bq. See [Cached Dependent Filters] for more information.|
|*Remember User Selection*||
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h3. {expand:title=Entry Style}
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|*Value Entry Method*||
|*Value List Setup*||
|*Sort*||
|*Default Value*||
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h2. Filter Settings - Dimensions
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h2. Filter Settings - Metrics
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