# Product update

September 19, 2016

New!

[**Filter a Dataset**](/content/updates/34/index.html)

When building a widget from a Dataset, you'll now be able to apply filters to the underlying data. Filters make it possible to use a single, large dataset to create a variety of more specific widgets.

For example, a Dataset that contained worldwide sales data could be filtered to show 'Total Sales from US and UK', or 'Average deal size for non-US countries', alongside aggregate statistics such as 'Total worldwide Sales'.

You can currently filter on string fields, and we plan to support more types soon.