# Filter to use Per User email and "contains" operator

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/filter-to-use-per-user-email-and-contains-operator/865>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [October 4, 2019, 3:01am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/filter-to-use-per-user-email-and-contains-operator/865 "2019-10-04T03:01:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![George\_B](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/george_b/32/534_2.png) [@George\_B](https://community.glideapps.com/u/George_B)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2019, 12:18pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/filter-to-use-per-user-email-and-contains-operator/865/4 "2019-10-04T12:18:36Z")

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@Jeff_Hager I just added this feature request based on these ideas.

> [@Create a global variable for the logged in user](https://community.glideapps.com/t/create-a-global-variable-for-the-logged-in-user/878):
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> The email of a logged in user is available for Forms. Could you also make it available while creating a filter. Something like being able to type {{user.email}} in the “Enter value” box of the Filter dialog would solve a lot of peoples requests and be a great additional feature. Maybe other globals like, Date (not date and time as that changes every millisecond), or Geolocation. I can think of use cases for the Date are pretty straight forward but for Geolocation the only thing I can think w…

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