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Show/ Hide Filters in FilterPanel based on user Selections in text area

Add a text area where the user can select the columns for which the filters should be visible.
 
Then in the filter property attach the following script. filterlist is the property behind the multiselection listbox
 
import Spotfire.Dxp.Application.Filters as filters
import Spotfire.Dxp.Application.Filters.ListBoxFilter
from Spotfire.Dxp.Application.Filters import FilterTypeIdentifiers
from Spotfire.Dxp.Data import DataPropertyClass
from System import String
myPanel = Document.ActivePageReference.FilterPanel
strVals =  Document.Properties["filterlist"]
myPanel.TableGroups[0].Visible = True
for filter in myPanel.TableGroups[0].Items:
    filter.Visible = False
for strval in strVals:
    myFilter= myPanel.TableGroups[0].GetFilter(strval)
    myFilter.Visible = True

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