Fieldlens - Advanced and Custom Filters

Creating and saving custom filters in Fieldlens

Updated over a week ago

By default, your project feed is a collection of all posts your team has created over the entire lifecycle of construction. You can use the custom filter tools to quickly find what you’re looking for, and save your filter for easy access later. Advanced filters and Custom filters are only available for users with a paid account.

Advanced Filters

You can custom filter your project Feed in both your mobile or web app -- isolating the exact info you're looking for. At any time, drill down to a specific project location, category, assignee, due date and more.

Accessing on mobile:

On your mobile device you'll access the filters from the top left by clicking the magnifying glass. Once in the Search & Filter Panel, choose what filters you wish to apply:

  • Post status -- view posts that are unassigned, open, resolved, and/or closed.

  • Post flags -- view posts that are flagged as safety or deficiency, or view posts with no flag. Important Note: For projects created after 1/16/2018, you can also view posts flagged as RFI or Submittal.

  • Post info -- view posts based on their Locations, Categories, and posts that are Unread.

  • Assignees and due dates -- view posts that are assigned to you, have past due assignees, are assigned to a particular user/trade, have a specific due date, or by assignee status.

  • Posted and updated -- view posts that have been sent to you, posts that you’ve responded to, have a certain recipient, were posted by a specific user, by posted date, and by updated date.

  • Resource Tracking -- view posts for which you’ve tracked resources such as manpower or equipment.

Tap on Apply when done or Reset Filter to exit out and discard your changes.

Accessing on Web:

You'll find the filter options on the web app to the left of your Feed -- all via a slide-out toolbar.

Filter options include:

  • Post status (unassigned, open, resolved, closed).

  • Post flags (no flag, safety, deficiency).

  • Unread posts.

  • Past due posts.

  • Resource tracking posts.

  • Posts sent to you/posts you’ve responded to.

  • Locations.

  • Categories.

  • Drawings -- posts associated and pinned to a specific plan.

  • Assigned to -- posts assigned to a specific person, company, or trade.

  • Assignee status (open, resolved, closed).

  • Sent to -- posts sent to a specific user or company.

  • Posted by -- posts created by a particular user or company.

  • Post due date.

Save a Custom Filter (web only)

Once you've made and applied your selections, you'll have the option to save the filter and access it easily later. Saved filters that you create on the web will appear within the quick filter drop-down menu on both the web and mobile apps -- allowing you to go back at any time and quickly view posts through those pre-sets.

Advanced and Custom filters are only available for users with a paid account.

To save a custom filter on the web app, follow the instructions below:

  1. Open the Advanced Filters menu on the left of your screen and make your filter selection. Once you have selected all your filters criteria click on the right side of the screen to view the filtered posts.

2. Click on the Save option next to Custom Filters on the left of your screen. Enter a name for your filter and click Save.

Use your Custom filters on your mobile app

All your Saved Custom filters are accessible from your mobile app on the Posts menu. They are always displayed by default at the end of the default filters.

You can customize which ones you need and also the order in how your filters appear on your mobile app.

Click on Edit in the top right corner of the Focus menu, and use the checkboxes on the left to select which filters you want to see. Next, you can drag and drop them using the tool on the right to arrange them in the order that works best for you. Click Done when you are ready to save your preferences


Manage your Custom Filters

You can rename your filters or remove them, just click on the pencil icon next to Custom Filters on the left side menu. A pop-up window will display the list of your custom filters, from where you can rename or remove them.

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