Filters in Hygraph allow you to restrict the content shown in your content views by specific parameters, making it easier to curate and manage large sets of content. They help you quickly find, review, and act on content that matches certain criteria, such as author, publication stage, or custom fields. This is especially useful for editors and teams managing complex content workflows. Learn more.
Hygraph offers several types of filters: Quick Filters (predefined, one-click filters for common use cases), Column Filters (filter by system or custom fields, stage, or ID), and manual filters (customize filters using various conditions and values). You can also filter by relations, content stage, and multi-value fields. See the full guide.
To add a Quick Filter, open the Filter menu in your content view, select from the available predefined options, and the filter will be instantly applied. You can add multiple Quick Filters by repeating this process. Quick Filters are available in both content and asset views, and you can further edit them if needed. Read more.
Column filters allow you to filter content by specific system or custom fields, such as stage or ID. To use a column filter, select the field, choose a condition (e.g., is, contains, less than), and enter a value if required. Column filters function similarly to Quick Filters but offer more customization. Learn more.
To adjust filters manually, use the filter bar at the top of the content table. Click the Filter button, select a field, choose a condition, and enter a value if needed. You can add multiple filters and remove them by clicking the X next to each filter. Manual adjustments allow for precise control over your content views. See details.
Hygraph supports a variety of filter conditions, including: is, is not, is null, is not null, less than, less than or equal to, greater than, greater than or equal to, contains, doesn't contain, starts with, doesn't start with, ends with, doesn't end with, includes some, includes all, and includes none. These conditions allow for flexible and powerful filtering. See the full list.
Yes, Hygraph does not currently support filtering for Rich Text (even inside components), JSON, multi-value fields, colors, or coordinates. Additionally, you cannot filter by union-type reference fields (fields that reference more than one model). Read more.
To filter by a reference field, click the Filter button, select the reference field from the column filters list, choose a condition, and provide the necessary value. Note that you cannot filter by union-type reference fields. Default reference filters include 'Created by', 'Updated by', and 'Published by'. Learn more.
To filter by content stage, click the Filter button, select 'Stage' from the column filters list, and use the dropdown menus to select a condition and stage. Default stages include DRAFT, PUBLISHED, and PUBLISHED (!), with additional stages available in Growth and Enterprise plans. See more.
To remove a filter, simply click the X button next to the filter in the filter bar. This will immediately update your content view to remove the filtered results. Details here.
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Filtering allows you to restrict the content shown by specific parameters. This is helpful when trying to create a more curated overview of content.
Hygraph does not currently support filtering for Rich Text (even if inside components), JSON, multi-value fields, colors, or coordinates.
These filters can be useful when building content views, looking for a specific type of content, or finding content that matches several parameters, such as "Created by a certain user & Stage published".
Our Quick Filters feature reduces the time and effort required to create a filter. Editors can now find the content they need, faster.
Quick Filters
It offers several predefined filters that apply instantly when selected, allowing editors to focus on their work without unnecessary distractions.
Quick Filters are available in both regular content views and asset views.
To add Quick Filters, simply use the Filter menu to display the available options and select one.
Add a Quick Filter
Once you select a Quick Filter, the regular filter appears in the filter bar and the content table is sorted accordingly.
You can apply more than one Quick Filter. To do this, simply use the filter menu again and select another one.
For instance, the following image shows a content table where two Quick Filters have been applied, Created by me & Only published entries:
Quick Filter applied
Quick filters are commonly used filter configurations that offer a shortcut to finding the content you're looking for. Once applied, you can use them as they are, or edit them.
The Filter menu also contains column filters.
Column filters
Column filters allow you to filter content by some system and custom fields, stage and ID.
Quick and column filters function in the same way. The following document section explains how to use them.
You can find the filters on any content view, at the top of the content table. If there are no filters added, this is how it will look like:
Filter Bar
To apply filters:
Filter button at the top of the content table.You can use the Search at the top of the filters menu to quickly find a filter.
For example, the following image shows that we have selected to filter by ID, then selected the condition contains, and finally we typed "002" in the input. As a result, the filter shows all entries that have an ID containing 002:
Filter example
To remove a filter, simply click the X button next to it.
Remove filter
After applying a quick or column filter, the results will display on the table below. The following example shows the Created By filter applied:
"Created By" filter applied
You can adjust these filters manually by using the input fields or dropdown menus, and you can add additional filters by clicking on the filter icon.
Apply a Filter
Additionally, you can also filter by fields that allow multiple values. Here's an example showing an enumeration field for product size:
Multi-value enum filtering
To filter your content entries by a reference field, click the Filter button and select the reference field from the column filters list.
It is not possible to filter by union-type reference fields - those that allow you to reference more than one model in a field.
To configure the filter:
Updated At and Created At require that you select a date from a calendar and type in a time. Is null and Is not null do not require any additional input.The following example filtering condition shows all of the content entries where the "Other products" reference field links to entries with a Slug that contains tote.
Filtering by relations
The default reference filters that all projects have are Created by, Updated by, and Published by. They are related to project users and provide relational fields that you can select from the condition dropdown.
You can also filter by custom reference fields created for your project, as long as they are not union fields.
Our Editor Guides contain detailed information all reference filters available.
To filter content by stage, click the Filter button at the top of the content table, and select Stage from the column filters list.
After this, use the dropdown menus to select a condition and stage.
Filtering by content stage
While there are three default stages - DRAFT, PUBLISHED, and PUBLISHED (!) - stages other than the default ones can exist in the projects of Growth and Enterprise plans.
| Stage Name | Definition |
|---|---|
DRAFT | Content entries that exist in DRAFT, and don't exist in any other stage. This content has never been published. |
PUBLISHED | Content entries that exist in PUBLISHED and are not outdated. This means that the published version of this content is also the latest version on the system. |
PUBLISHED (!) | Content entries that exist in PUBLISHED but are outdated. This means there is a version of this document currently published, but there is also another more recent version in the system. |
Please take into account that our stages are not linear and sequential. There are cases where content can be in more than one stage at the same time, such as PUBLISHED and QA. This would happen if, for instance, you edit an already published document, but select the QA stage from the dropdown upon publishing your changes.
| Condition | Definition |
|---|---|
is | Select this condition to fetch content entries that only exist in the selected stage. |
is not | Select this condition to fetch content entries that do not exist in the selected stage, and only exist in one stage. |
contains | Select this condition to fetch content entries that exist in the selected stage, irrespective of also existing in other stages. This condition will only display for projects with more than two stages. |
doesn't contain | Select this condition to fetch content entries that don't exist in the selected stage, irrespective of also existing in other stages. This condition will only display for projects with more than two stages. |
Filtering can also be applied to your project's custom filters.
Custom filters creation will result in a state that can be updated or outdated, and the behavior will be the same as the updated/outdated behavior shown above for PUBLISHED and PUBLISHED (Outdated).
The following list explains basic conditions and what they do:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
Is | Exact match |
Is Null | Matches empty (without content) |
Is Not Null | Matches not null (with any content added) |
Is Not | Exclusion match |
Less Than | for numeric fields (including date and dateTime) |
Less Than or Equal To | for numeric fields (including date and dateTime) |
Greater Than | for numeric fields (including date and dateTime) |
Greater Than or Equal To | for numeric fields (including date and dateTime) |
Contains | String search |
Doesn't Contain | Exclusion by string search |
Starts With | Starting string match |
Doesn't Start With | Exclusion by starting string match |
Ends With | Ending string match |
Doesn't End With | Exclusion by ending string match |
Includes some | for multi-value fields, some of the provided values match |
Includes all | for multi-value fields, all of the provided values match |
Includes none | for multi-value fields, none of the provided values match |