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<h1>About Parameters</h1>
<p>This page describes the filters and mappings on the dashboard.</p>
<h2>Data types</h2>
<h3>Parameter</h3>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>id</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>random 8 digit alphanumeric</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>name</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>parameter name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>slug</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>parameter slug</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>type</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>One of <a href="#widget-types">Widget types</a>.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h3>ParameterMapping</h3>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>parameter_id</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>parameter id</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>card_id</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>The id of the card to apply the filter to.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>target</td>
<td><code>['variable', ['template-tag', slug]]</code></td>
<td>Some other styles are omitted. Full definition is <a href="https://github.com/metabase/metabase/blob/v0.38.3/frontend/src/metabase-types/types/Parameter.js#L34-L36">here</a>.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2>Widget types</h2>
<ul>
<li>ID
<ul>
<li>type: <code>id</code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Category
<ul>
<li>type: <code>category</code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="/metadocs/docs/parameters/time">Time</a></li>
<li><a href="/metadocs/docs/parameters/location">Location</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>Source Code</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/metabase/metabase/blob/v0.38.3/frontend/src/metabase-types/types/Parameter.js">Frontend Parameter type definition</a></li>
</ul>


Name	Type	Description
id	string	random 8 digit alphanumeric
name	string	parameter name
slug	string	parameter slug
type	string	One of Widget types.

Name	Type	Description
parameter_id	string	parameter id
card_id	string	The id of the card to apply the filter to.
target	`['variable', ['template-tag', slug]]`	Some other styles are omitted. Full definition is here.