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title: "2. Filers and Conditions"
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# 2. Filers and Conditions

### **Filters & Conditions**

**Ad-Hoc Wizard: Filters & Conditions**

The third step in the wizard provides the ability for granular filtering and conditions to be applied to the report.

![Filters and Conditions tab on Report Manager](https://cdn.document360.io/e3626857-1fb5-4e27-b278-2d3fc5508be4/Images/Documentation/3(203).png)

To better understand how to use the filters/conditions functionality, lets breakdown the components. In the picture below each of the components of the filtering control are numbered.

![Filter Controls](https://cdn.document360.io/e3626857-1fb5-4e27-b278-2d3fc5508be4/Images/Documentation/2.-filers-and-conditions-image-ke7heqf8.png)

**Filtering Control**

**1: And/Or Selector:** Used to determine if a new expression is being added as an **AND** or **OR** condition **2: Add New Filter Expression:** Adds a new filter expression to the list of conditions (takes into consideration the **And/Or Selector**) **3: Add Expression Group:** Adds a new sub-grouping of expressions to be used in complex conditions. (takes into consideration the **And/Or Selector** between groups) **4: Remove Filter Item:** Removes the filter/condition from the list of applied filters and conditions

**Saving and Previewing** Once the filters/conditions have been specified, click **Save & Preview Filter(s)** to save the filters to the Ad-Hoc report and bind the results to the grid on the screen for a preview of what the results would be. If the results need to be modified they can be done so by changing the filters/conditions defined on the screen and clicking **Save & Preview Filter(s)** again. An example of filtered results is shown below.

![Filtered Results](https://cdn.document360.io/e3626857-1fb5-4e27-b278-2d3fc5508be4/Images/Documentation/2.-filers-and-conditions-image-7qtsx40z.png)