Filter
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.. index:: Filter

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You can use the filter to define the information you want to display.
The following filters are available:

- Project structure
- Period filter applies to all views
- Activity 
  
  - Hide Completed Tasks

- Resources

  - Show only overloaded resources
  - Offer only planned resources for selection
  - Role filter
  - Team filter
  - Employee filter
  - Material filter
  - Machine type filter
  - Machinery filter

**Determine filters**

- Click on the menu **Start > Edit > Filter**

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- Mark the according check box.
- Select the required resource from the drop down menu.
- Click on the button **OK**.

**Project / subproject filter**

Displays information about activities and resources for specific
subprojects only.
You can set the reporting period filter in all views.

**Reporting period filter**

Displays information about activities and resources for specific
periods of time only.

**Alternative**
You can set the reporting period filter with the **mouse** by clicking
the left button and selecting a start date and a finish date.


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You can set a report period filter in gantt chart, variance analysis and all resource views.

**Hide completed activity**

The filter hides already completed tasks and helps to exclude irrelevant information from project presentation.

It is suitable in the activities views such as the Gantt chart, resource views.

**Note**
In **capacity views** allows this filter to take out the resources of completed activities and provide other tasks as free capacities.

**Show only overloaded resources**

The filter helps to detect overloaded resources. You can use it in the
Employee workload and Machinery.

**Offer only planned resources for selection**

If this check box is not marked, all resources in the resource pool
will be available for selection. The activation of this filter makes
only those resources available for selection that have been already
used in this subproject / project.

This filter can be set in the views Role usage, Team
utisage, Employee workload, Human resource capacity planning,
Material, Machine types, Machinery and Machine capacity planning.

**Note** In capacity views this filter refers to roles.
I.e. switched on option displays only roles, which are already planned in the project/portfolio.
If the option is switched off, all the roles from the resource poolare listed in the capacity view.
Accordingly, the employee list below is changed.


**Role filter**

If resources are assigned to activities in the form of roles or
employees, they can be included in the role filter.

You can set the role filter in the activities views such as the Gantt chart and Role usage.

**Team filter**

If resources are assigned to activities in the form of teams, they can
be included in the team filter.

You can set the team filter in the activities views such as the Gantt chart and Team usage.

**Employee filter**

If resources are assigned to activities in the form of employees, they
can be included in the employee filter.

You can set the employee filter in the activities views such as the Gantt chart, resource and capacity views and Employee workload.

**Material filter**

If resources are allocated to activities in the form of materials,
they can be included in the material filter.

You can set the material filter in the activities views such as the Gantt chart and Material requirements.

**Machine type filter**

If resources are allocated to activities in the form of machine types,
they can be included in the machine type filter.

You can set the machine type filter in the activities views such as the Gantt chart and Machine types.

**Machinery filter**

If resources are allocated to activities in the form of machines, they
can be included in the machinery filter.

You can set the machinery filter in the activities views such as the Gantt chart and Machinery.

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