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How to use Glide’s compound filters for advanced searches?

Discover the secrets to mastering Glide’s compound filters for advanced searches. Make your workflow smoother and get accurate results quickly.

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Overview

Mastering Glide’s compound filters boosts your app's search power by enabling more accurate and intricate searches. You can mix various filter conditions with logical operators such as AND, OR, or NOT. Need to refine user data, manage inventory, or tidy up any dataset? Knowing how to use these compound filters well can make a big difference in user experience on your Glide app. Explore this guide for detailed techniques and hands-on examples to implement advanced search features using Glide's compound filters.

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How to use Glide’s compound filters for advanced searches?

Step 1: Access the Glide Interface

  1. Fire up the Glide app on your device or head over to the Glide website.
  2. Log in with your credentials to get into your Glide projects.

Step 2: Select Your Project

  1. From the Glide dashboard, find and click on the project you want to work on.
  2. This will take you straight to the editing interface for that project.

Step 3: Navigate to the Data Editor

  1. In the project’s interface, click on the "Data" tab at the bottom of the sidebar.
  2. The Data Editor screen will pop up, showing all your app's data in a spreadsheet format.

Step 4: Open the Filters Panel

  1. In the Data Editor, find the "Filters" button on the top toolbar.
  2. Click the "Filters" button to open the Filters panel where you can set up advanced search criteria.

Step 5: Add a New Filter

  1. Click the "Add Filter" button to start creating a new filter.
  2. A new filter criterion box will appear in the Filters panel.

Step 6: Define Filter Conditions

  1. Select the column you want to filter from the dropdown menu in the filter criterion box.
  2. Choose the condition type (e.g., "is", "contains", "starts with") that you want for the filter.
  3. Enter the value or parameter for the condition.

Step 7: Add Compound Filter Logic

  1. To create a compound filter, click the "Add Condition" button in the same filter criterion box.
  2. Repeat the process of selecting the column, condition, and value.
  3. Use the dropdown to specify whether the compound conditions should be combined with "AND" or "OR" logic.

Step 8: Apply the Filter

  1. Once all conditions for the compound filter are set up, click the "Apply" button to filter the data.
  2. The filtered data will now display according to the compound conditions you set.

Step 9: Save and View

  1. If you're happy with the filter results, click the "Save" button to save the filter settings.
  2. Go back to your project dashboard and test the app to make sure the advanced search functionality works as expected.

Step 10: Adjust or Remove Filters

  1. If you need to tweak the filters, go back to the Filters panel in the Data Editor.
  2. Modify the filter conditions as needed and reapply.
  3. To remove a filter, click the trash icon next to the specific filter condition.

This step-by-step guide helps you use Glide’s compound filters for creating advanced searches within your apps, ensuring effective data management and retrieval.

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