Hi, Marco 

Thanks for reaching out to us

I am sorry, but i am not sure if i fully understood the issue you described.

Here is an example how you should set up the column settings and the table shortcode in order to use the VAR placeholer for predefined filtering.

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You can add %VAR1% in column settings -> Filtering, under "Predefined filtering value".

Then, you can have different versions of the same table, with the VAR1 value passed in the shortcode,

let's say if we had a "Regions" column and we wish to filter a different region per each page.

If we want page 1 for example only filtered for "Region A" , you can set predefined filter to this column as %VAR1% (filter type has to be set as text) :

Then for a page where we need only Region 1 filtered, use shortcode [wpdatatable id=1 var1='Region A'] ,

 page 2 for only "Region B", shortcode would be [wpdatatable id=1 var1='Region B'] and so on, 

to apply the values defined in the shortcode to the filter.

( This filtering method can be used for any table type, besides Simple Tables)

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I also made a short video example - please check it out here.

Let me know if that is what you needed.

Hi, Marco 

Yes, the filtering functionality/logic works in the same way, if you leave the filters under the table,

or if you change the position of the filters above the table.

Let me know if anything is still unclear or if you have any further questions. Thank you