Good morning

was with you till the hard left turn - what " integrates 5-6 columns"  

Your understanding of filters is correct - they are single valued and static but in themselves they don't do anything

they have to be backed up with a calculation or filter

so you can use something like [dimension]=[parameter value]   as a filter and place it on the filter shelf and set to true -

you can do that for a number of parameters that are based on different dimensions and collectively they will act as an AND filter

or you can use the parameter filter and then place the other dimension on the filter shelf --- show filter -- then only use the relevant values

or any combination - several ways to go based on your need

Jim

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sorry Its not clear - please post your workbook

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but if you are trying to select more than 1 value - you will be using filters rather than parameters

Jim

Tableau doesn't currently support multi-valued parameters.

You can set up a series of parameters that can "simulate" a multi-select filter.  I just don't understand what "integrates 5-6 columns" really means, and I'm glad you called for a sample workbook here, Jim.

The closest example I can find right now for multiple params acting as a multi-select filter is a dashboard where I have three lines on a graph, and the user can select which line(s) he wants to see on the graph.  That part of my dashboard looks like this:

But I have seen one where the params were placed very close to each other, and they were set as sliders (with two choices per param -- Y/N), and using the slider controls, you can select or de-select values with a single click.  So the user interface is the roughly the same one-click behavior to select individual values as any filter would be.

But you have to have one param for each possible item in the list.  If you need 100 items, that could be cumbersome to maintain.  (Ditto if the list of values changes over time.)

With 5-6 values (if I understand the original post correctly), it would be workable.