The Optimized Design Experience is a new design option for creating stories in SAP Analytics Cloud. It offers several usability improvements and performance enhancements compared to the Classic Design Experience. However, it also has some limitations anddifferences, such as the unavailability of some elements that are present in the Classic Design Experience1.
The following filter options are supported in the Optimized Design Experience:
Widget: This option allows you to apply filters to a specific widget, such as a chart, table, or map, that are based on the same model. You can use the Filter area in the Builder pane to pre-filter the data that the widget displays2.
Story: This option allows you to apply filters to all widgets in a story that are based on the same model. You can use the Story Filters tool in the Tools section to select dimensions or measures that you want to filter by2.
Input Control: This option allows you to add interactive filters to a story page that allow the story viewers to filter data, compare figures, and explore relationships directly from the page. You can use the Input Controls tool in the Tools section to select dimensions or measures that you want to use as input controls3.
The following filter options are not supported in the Optimized Design Experience:
Controls: This option is not a valid filter option in SAP Analytics Cloud. It may refer to input controls, which are supported, or chart controls, which are not supported. Chart controls are buttons that allow you to change the chart type, switch between absolute and relative values, or drill up and down in a hierarchy. Chart controls are available only in the Classic Design Experience4.
Section: This option is not a filter option, but a way of organizing a story into different parts based on a dimension. A section creates a separate page for each member of the dimension, and displays the same widgets on each page with the data filtered by the section dimension. Sections are available in both the Optimized and Classic Design Experiences.
References:
1: Choosing Between Optimized and Classic Design Modes - SAP Learning 2: Filtering Data in Optimized Design Mode - SAP Learning 3: Using Input Controls - SAP Learning 4: Chart Controls - SAP Learning : [Creating Sections - SAP Learning]