             subopts.renderer = opts.renderers[renderer.val()]
 
             #construct filter here
-            exclusions = []
+            exclusions = {}
             @find('input.pvtFilter').not(':checked').each ->
-                exclusions.push $(this).data("filter")
+                filter = $(this).data("filter")
+                if exclusions[filter[0]]?
+                    exclusions[filter[0]].push( filter[1] )
+                else
+                    exclusions[filter[0]] = [ filter[1] ]
 
             subopts.filter = (record) ->
                 return false if not opts.filter(record)
-                for [k,v] in exclusions
-                    return false if "#{record[k]}" == v
+                for k,excludedItems of exclusions
+                    return false if record[k] in excludedItems
                 return true
 
             pivotTable.pivot(input,subopts)

        hiddenAttributes: []
        menuLimit: 200
        cols: [], rows: [], vals: []
        unusedAttrsVertical: false
        autoSortUnusedAttrs: false
        rendererOptions: null

                    for k in keys.sort(naturalSort)
                         v = axisValues[c][k]
                         filterItem = $("<label>")
                         filterItemExcluded = if opts.exclusions[c] then (k in opts.exclusions[c]) else false
                         hasExcludedItem ||= filterItemExcluded
                         filterItem.append $("<input type='checkbox' class='pvtFilter'>")
                            .attr("checked", !filterItemExcluded).data("filter", [c,k])
                         filterItem.append $("<span>").text "#{k} (#{v})"
                         valueList.append $("<p>").append(filterItem)


                attrElem = $("<li class='label label-info' id='axis_#{i}'>")
                    .append($("<nobr>").text(c))
                attrElem.addClass('pvtFilteredAttribute') if hasExcludedItem
                colList.append(attrElem).append(valueList)

                attrElem.bind "dblclick", (e) ->
