Search box selectors are useful when you want the readers to type a part of the value and yet be able to filter the data. This does assume that the readers know the underlying values of the filtered fields.
Let's use the sample file Sample – Coffee Chain (Access)
. Open a new worksheet and select Sample – Coffee Chain (Access) as the data source. Follow all the steps, except for the last step, given in the recipe Adding drop-down selectors.
Once the data is loaded on the worksheet and you have placed a quick filter, perform the following steps to add a search box selector to your visualization: