# Report Wizard: Filters

Sometimes you may only want to see a portion of rows in a data category, rather than its entirety. Filters allow you to narrow the scope of your reports by restricting the amount of data by specified criteria.

For example, imagine a category containing a row for every single sale your company has ever made. You can use a filter to limit the report to only sales from the past month. This also has the benefit of speeding up your reports.

Filters in the Report Wizard, called Standard filters, limit data by only showing rows where the values for a field meet a certain condition.

Adding filters

On the Filters page, add data fields to filter.

Dragging a field to the Filter By pane

For each data field, select a condition. When the report is run, the field value for each row is checked against the condition for that field. Only the rows where the field satisfies the condition will show on the report.

For each data field, select a condition. When the report is run, the field value for each row is checked against the condition for that field. Only the rows where the field satisfies the condition will show on the report.

To create a filter condition:

1. Select an operator from one of the following options. This is the condition used to match the data values to your specified filter value or values. Some operators are only available for some data types.

   The following table describes the filter operators and their applicable data types:

   Condition | Type | Filter Value(s) | Matching Value(s) | Not Matching Value(s)
   Equal To (=) | Any | July 4, 2016 | July 4, 2016 July 4, 2016 12:00 AM | July 4 July 4, 2016 2:00 PM
   Less Than (<) | Number, Date/Time | July 4, 2016 | July 3, 2016 | July 5, 2016
   Greater Than (>) | Number, Date/Time | July 4, 2016 | July 5, 2016 July 4, 2016 5:00 PM | July 3, 2016
   Starts With | Text, Number | 203 | 2035550224 | 8458081120
   Ends With | Text, Number | 224 | 2035550224 | 7188044606
   Contains | Text, Number | 555 | 2035550224 | 2038081120
   Between | Any | 1, 4 | 1, 1.5, 3, 4 | 0.999, 5
   One Of | Any | 1, 2, 3, 4 | 1, 2, 3, 4 | 1.1, 9

2. Enter a filter value or values, or select them from the list of existing values.

   Choosing a filter value

3. Optional: If you have multiple filters, you can choose how they should be grouped.

4. Optional: If you want the report to prompt the user to enter a filter value when the report is run, select Prompt For Value.