🆕 Preview Feature: Multiple Filters in the new Glide Apps

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Short answer is you can’t.
Being able to export the filtered results would be pretty awesome, but that’s not possible - and I suspect it’s not something that will be available any time soon.

So for those sorts of use cases, you’ll still need to use custom filters.

What I’m thinking of doing is combining both. That is, use the new multi-filters by default, and then add an Export button. That button would open an overlay/slide in where the user could apply the custom filters and trigger the export.

Not a perfect solution, but would help minimise updates as the custom filters would only be used for the export.

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Thank you Darren for the answer!
Of course, when we develop an application for a client, no one will accept such a job when we need to configure filters twice.
It’s a common business need to find, filter, print or send.
Why not make creating apps for business even easier?

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The option to Group Filters (left image) or have separate filters (right image) would be very useful.

Particularly thinking of some of our more complex tables the list of filters would be very long if grouped together and require the user to scroll lots to get to their desired filter.

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Also a date filter would be great.
Using the current date picker design. Dont want to scroll through every day in the year to filter a date with checkboxes.

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Date filtering in the new filter currently just lists all the dates. A date picker would be best.

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Couple questions about multiple filters, as I just noticed this feature.

I don’t see the toggle in Previews - does that mean it’s rolled out for everyone? I do see the multiple filters control in layouts though.

What determines whether the regular old “Show filter” exists?
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I don’t see it and I’m used to using this control as an easy way to see how many records are in a filtered collection. Here’s a collection without the “Show filter” control and only IN-APP FILTER control.
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:thinking:

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I had Show filter setup, when I added an in app filter the show filter remained in the editor sidebar but wasn’t used in the app. If you remove the Show Filter then there’s no option to add it back.
Looks like the multiple filters element (in app filters) has replaced the show filter.
This makes sense as you can add just one filter the the In-App Filter.

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Thanks for clarifying. Do you know a simple way to emulate the way the old “Show filter” gave the number of records? Really missing that


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Might need to use a Date Format Column to build your own date picker.

I believe if you point your Date Format to your Date Column and use like mm it will give you January for 1/1/2023. Then point your Filter to the Date Format Column and it will only show you the months vs the full date

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Currently using a user specific date picker as a work around date filter.
Works fine but would be nice to have it within the filter element.

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I would also like to know, I’m not using the new filter so I don’t lose this count that only appears in the old filter.