{"id":1261,"date":"2019-01-04T21:54:35","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T21:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/support.treeplotter.com\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=1261"},"modified":"2025-12-23T15:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T15:47:09","slug":"views-filter","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/support.treeplotter.com\/knowledge-base\/views-filter\/","title":{"rendered":"How To: Save a Filter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>This document will simply explain how to save your most useful filters so that they are readily available in the Legend. This will save time as you won&#8217;t have to repeatedly recreate the same filter in TreePlotter\u2122. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prerequisites:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.treeplotter.com\/knowledge-base\/advanced-filter\/\">Tutorial: Advanced Filter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steps:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Create the filter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the &#8216;APPLY&#8217; button.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the &#8216;SAVE VIEW FILTER&#8217; button<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"302\" height=\"146\" src=\"https:\/\/support.treeplotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.treeplotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-4.png 302w, https:\/\/support.treeplotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-4-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/support.treeplotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-4-50x24.png 50w, https:\/\/support.treeplotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-4-60x29.png 60w, https:\/\/support.treeplotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-4-100x48.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you are creating a new View Filter, choose &#8216;Create New View&#8217;, give it a name and click Save. If you want to update an existing one, choose it from the list and confirm you want to overwrite it<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See that it appears in the Legend in the View Filter drop down<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"260\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/support.treeplotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.treeplotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-2.png 260w, https:\/\/support.treeplotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-2-50x26.png 50w, https:\/\/support.treeplotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-2-60x31.png 60w, https:\/\/support.treeplotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-2-100x51.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol start=\"6\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To use it, simply select it from the list. To stop using it, simply choose &#8216;Off&#8217; from the same list.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Note: To delete a saved filter, click on the SAVE VIEW FILTER button within the Advanced Filter and click the cross against the filter you wish to remove.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Known limitations:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The saving of filters is per user, so you don&#8217;t have to worry about clogging up a colleagues list! If your colleague wants the same filter, they&#8217;ll need to create it themselves. You could share it with them as a Map Scenario if necessary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If a Data View has been saved and it includes a filter on the number of assets shown, it will also appear in the View Filter drop down.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Potential next steps:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.treeplotter.com\/knowledge-base\/how-to-create-and-manage-your-views\/\">How To: Create and Manage your Views<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.treeplotter.com\/knowledge-base\/data-tools-custom-interactive-map\/\">Tutorial: Map Scenarios<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<script id=\"simplesat-web-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.simplesat.io\/web-embed\/web-embed-loader.js\"><\/script>\n<script>\n  window.addEventListener(\"load\", function renderSurvey(event){\n      simplesat.survey({\n        survey_token: \"CIJyqq9ERo1RCavjyDFgG9O5uLovXNZIVVT37VdnCCQ\",\n  ticket: {\n    custom_attributes: {\n     url: window.location.href,\narticle_type: \"how_to\"    }\n   },\n       \n      })\n  })\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This document will simply explain how to save your most useful filters so that they are readily available in the Legend. This will save time as you won&#8217;t have to repeatedly recreate the same filter in TreePlotter\u2122. 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