In Analysis, you can set filters for dimensions and hierarchies that you have chosen to be displayed in the crosstab. This allows you to narrow the scope of your analysis to the data you need. You can however also select members for filtering that should not be displayed in the crosstab. These non-visible filters are background filters.
For example, you have selected the dimensions Product and Region to be displayed in the crosstab. The data source contains the sales volume for the years, 2008, 2009 and 2010. If you are only interested in the sales volume for 2010, you can add the Year dimension as a background filter to your analysis and filter for 2010. The analysis will show the data for year 2010, but the Year dimension is not visible in the crosstab.
You have the following options to add a background filter to your analysis:
The data in the crosstab is displayed according to your filter selection.