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We're doing our best to make this transition smooth and hassle-free. After June 1st, this current support website will redirect you to the new "Contact Us" pages on our product sites.

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  • Kudor Tiberiu Adrian started the conversation
    December 13, 2022 at 12:02pm

    i need some help with placeholder / filtering

    i use an exel file with many people entry

    i got these 3 ppls for exemple:

    1. Smith Jhon David

    2. David Jhon Smith

    3. Smith Michael Jhon

    4. Michael Smith David

    how can i use placeholder in order to show only 1. Smith Jhon David and 2. David Jhon Smith? (as u can see is the same person) 

    if i put to %var1% "smith" i will get all 4 entries

    if i put "jhon" i will get 1, 2, and 3

    if i put "david" i will get 1, 2, and 4

    i have to use %var2% and/or %var3% etc? if yes, how can i do this?

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    Miloš replied
    December 14, 2022 at 5:31pm

    Hi, Kudor 

    Thanks for reaching out to us

    If i understood, you wish to manually define which values should come up as available choices for filtering, right?

    If that is the case, you can do it like this :

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    - You can split the values up individually, ( or manually input any values you need) 

    to use in a filter, even if they are pulled together in the same cell,

    here is an example.

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    The table pulls the values from all cells, so since you have multiple values together in one cell, it sees it as a unique value.

    What you can do is open this column's settings, go to the Data tab. In there, change "Possible values for column" from "Read from table on page load" to "Define values list":

    Then, in the "Values list", manually input the individual values that should be included in this column, and that's it. It should allow you to select each value on the filter, as an individual selection.

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    ; here is the resulting filter multiselectbox of this example:

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    If you need more details, please contact us for further info. Thanks.

    Kind Regards, 

    Miloš Jovanović
    [email protected]

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