Query parameters in dashboards

• Queries can optionally leverage parameters or static values.
• When a visualization based on a parameterized query is added to a dashboard, the visualization can either be configured to use a:

Widget parameter

• Widget parameters are specific to a single visualization within a dashboard, appear within the visualization panel, and the parameter values specified apply only to the query underlying the visualization.

Dashboard parameter

• Dashboard parameters can apply to multiple visualizations. When you add a visualization based on a parameterized query to a dashboard, by default the parameter will be added as a dashboard parameter. A dashboard can have multiple dashboard parameters, each of which may apply to some visualizations and not to other visualizations.

Static value

• Static values are used in lieu of a parameter that responds to changes. Static values allow you to hard code a value in place of a parameter and will make the parameter “disappear” from the dashboard or widget where it previously appeared.