One group of filters applying to the whole page and another group to one section of dashboard, what should be hierarchy and positioning of filters?

Question

I am working on a product that has an overview page - where users can find two sections statistics and a data table.

At the top of the hierarchy, we display the date and 'partner' filters that apply to both sections, statistics, and data tables.

Exclusively for the data table, we have a filter icon that opens the drawer for multiple filters, that only apply to the table.

The problem that was raised: Filters don't have one common place - we have two separate places for filtering; Another issue is that filters that are applied to the whole page will increase in number (now there are only two - displayed straight on the page without hiding in drawer).

Is there any way to put every filter in one drawer - I tried this but had to explicitly state which group of filters apply to which section. I also tried a solution to filter columns of the data table individually - but since data inside the table is related - having one place to filter everything makes much more sense. 

What other solutions can I consider?

Answer 1

Your design as it stands is correct. It's okay that "[f]ilters don't have one common place - we have two separate places for filtering" - you're communicating with the user that the top-of-page filters apply to the whole page, and the filters on cards only apply to the elements on their cards. What you'll want to avoid is duplication, having something like Date in both the page level and card level filters.

If your page-level filters start getting crowded, you could use the filter icon pattern you have at your card-level to hide the less-used criteria, and let the user open them in a drawer.