You can add a filter to each of your views. Filtering is a quick and easy way to find and work with a subset of the elements and attributes in a view. A filtered view displays only the elements that meet the rules that you specify for the attributes in the Filter setup window.

Unlike sorting, filtering does not rearrange a view. Filtering temporarily hides the elements and attributes that you do not want to display. When you open an element, all of the attributes are still displayed.

The filters can be applied to the Display, Review, Prioritize, Visualize Results, and Plan views. The filter button in the toolbar indicates if any elements or attributes are filtered.

Filters are private, by default. A filter can be configured as a global filter to make it available to the members who have access to the view. To create global filters, you must either be a workspace administrator or have the workspace permissions for global filters.

By default, the global and private filters are exported when a workspace is exported. In Focal Point^® 6.6 and later, you can use the export.global.filters.only project setting to export only the global filters when a workspace is exported.