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How to filter one table with a drop-down filter

To filter a table, enter the Edit mode, find Table Filter in the Insert - Other Macros menu and insert it to the page. Then either copy and paste an already existing table or create a new table inside the macro.

To specify filtering parameters in the macro browser, click inside the macro and choose Edit in the appeared menu.

To add a drop-down list of values, enter table headers in the Column(s) field or choose them from the list.

Hover over the funnel sign in the filter pane to see the number of filtered and total rows.

How to filter more than one table

To filter two or more tables, place them inside the Table Filter macro. You can set up individual filters for tables (the Country filter in the example below) or filters that affect all tables (the City filter).

How to add a textbox filter

To add a textbox filter, enter the table header(s) in the User Filtered Columns field or choose them from the list.

How to use the global filter

Select the Global Filter option to enable filtering by all columns. In the example below, a regular expression is used to filter all rows containing the snippets 'Morocco' or '1500 mln' in any columns.

How to use regular expressions in textbox filters

You can use JavaScript-style regular expressions in textbox filters. 

Examples

The full list of regular expressions is available here.

How to set default values for filters

Open the macro and point to the Filters' Default Values button and then click it. Select the appropriate value for the current dropdown filter.

 You can set multiple default values for each drop-down filter. You can delete the added default values by clicking the Close icon available on each value.

If you are using Table Filter on Confluence Cloud, you need to enumerate one default value per each column and separate these values with a comma. You can use no default value for some column, just add an additional comma.

How to use Table Filter with the JIRA Issues and Task Report add-ons

To filter tables produced by the JIRA Issues and Taks Report add-ons, put these macros inside the Table Filter macro.

Set filters and use Table Filter as with an normal table.

How to change the look of filters

You can remove filter names from the Confluence page by selecting the Hide Labels box.

Selecting the Hide Filters by Default box will add the Show/Hide filter switch to the page, so that every user could control the visibility of the filter pane in the View mode.

Click the Width of Filters button and enter the appropriate width (in pixels) for the filter fields. You can set width for each field.

How to disable filters

To temporarily disable filters, click the icon. All entered filter values will be restored when you enable filtering.

How to add automatic row numbering

While editing the Table filter macro, select the Automatic row numbering option. Row numbers are automatically updated every time you apply some filters.

How to hide table columns

1. While editing the Table filter macro, select the Hide columns option.
2. Click the Filters' Default Values button.
3. Locate the Hide columns box and select the columns you want to hide.
4. Click Save.

How to limit the table height

While editing the Table filter macro, select the Limit table height option. The add-on will automatically limit height of your table to fit it to your screen.

Once you have saved the page, the table will automatically fit the screen area.

How to export the table with filtered data to PDF/Word

1. Apply the required filters to your data table.
2. From the Tools menu, select either Export to PDF or Export to Word.
3. The filtered table will be exported to PDF or Word file.