One of the main advantages of Tableau filters is their interactivity. Let's execute the following steps to see how the Filter option works:
- If you hover over the Name: Jacob pill in the Filters shelf, a small white arrow will appear on it.
- Click on the arrow, and in the drop-down menu, click on Show Filter.
- A list of all the names will appear in the top-right corner of the worksheet. Only Jacob is selected, because that's how we set our filter. However, you can select and deselect any name(s) to change your visualization:

- If you hover over the filter control and click on the small black arrow that appears in the top-right ...