# Filtering data per record **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [December 30, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/filtering-data-per-record/3207 "2019-12-30T18:12:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![Tim\_Sullivan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/tim_sullivan/32/3461_2.png) [@Tim\_Sullivan](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Tim_Sullivan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/filtering-data-per-record/3207/3 "2019-12-31T16:36:54Z")
We are not allowed to filter by array column. > [@Array Column](https://community.glideapps.com/t/array-column/2864): > > So If I have columns named Skills 1, Skills 2… Skills 6 it creates an array column in DATA named “Skills”. I want to be able to filter a layout based on the data in that one Skills array column. When I try to select that one array column in layout, the array column isn’t available, and I’m forced to select from the individual columns. Is there a way to do this without concatenating all the columns on the spreadsheet? This is a viable workaround, but I think you in… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.glideapps.com/t/filtering-data-per-record/3207)._