KB16949: How to use a widget as a selector of another grid in Microstrategy Web.

In Strategy 9.4.x the following widgets are supported as selectors:
 

• Bubble Grid
  
• Data Cloud
  
• Graph Matrix (deprecated)
  
• Heat Map
  
• Interactive Bubble Graph
  
• Interactive Stacked Graph
  
• Microcharts
  
• Time Series Slider
  
• Waterfall
  
• Weighted List Viewer
  

 
Follow the steps below to create a widget as a selector.
 

• Create a new dashboard in Strategy Web and add a grid with Category, Quarter, and Revenue, as shown below. (These are the elements needed to create a Time Slide widget.)
  

• Right-click on the grid and select Properties > Flash tab and select the Time Series Slider from the widget drop down, as shown below:
  

• Add a new grid to the document either using the icon provided in the toolbars or the menu Insert > Grid, as shown below:
  

• Drag the Category attribute into the new grid, as shown below:
  

• Right-click on the widget grid (right-click on top of one of the grid elements) and select Edit Selector.
• Select the grid created with the attribute Category as the target of the widget selector, as shown below:
  

• Now when running the document in Flash view, users can control the grid display by pressing on selection on the widget, as shown below: