My Domo data comes entirely from Brightspace datasets and we're in the early stages of user adoption of Brightspace. I'm running into the problem where I want to create filters, but Domo only lets me filter on existing data, I can't type in filter values pre-emptively.
Example: I want to create a filter that shows how many users graduated from Professor A, B, and C's classes.
- I have a dataset that shows all graduates and their associated professors
- But only Professor A and C have graduates. No one from Professor B's classes have graduated, so they don't exist in my dataset.
- Therefore when trying to apply filters, when I filter on Professor Names, I can select from Professor A and C, but B doesn't appear as an option
Am I missing a really easy solution? I'd love not to have to keep re-checking my reports month by month and adding in the "missing" filter options as they slowly become available.
My random guess is that I could upload a csv file with the values I need, but I don't know how to use it after it's uploaded...
Solutions I tried but discarded:
- Building the filter on the graduates' names. There are 171 in my filter list, but since not all of them have graduated yet, their names don't appear in the data.
- Filtering on who's paying for the graduate. Unfortunately the graduates are coming from a subset of 4 larger cost centres.
