# Use a filter menu with the fields being used as a table columns

**URL:** <https://forums.knack.com/t/use-a-filter-menu-with-the-fields-being-used-as-a-table-columns/6460>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Tags:** views-filters, connections\
**Created:** [June 20, 2019, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/use-a-filter-menu-with-the-fields-being-used-as-a-table-columns/6460 "2019-06-20T11:54:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![SergiEgea35645](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.knack.com/sergiegea35645/32/235_2.png) [@SergiEgea35645](https://forums.knack.com/u/SergiEgea35645)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/use-a-filter-menu-with-the-fields-being-used-as-a-table-columns/6460/1 "2019-06-20T11:54:00Z")

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You can't filter tables by connected records, if this option will be implemented we have solved 2 problems with one solution.

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**Author:** ![JacobHill21191](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@JacobHill21191](https://forums.knack.com/u/JacobHill21191)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/use-a-filter-menu-with-the-fields-being-used-as-a-table-columns/6460/2 "2019-10-10T18:01:01Z")

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I agree this would be a useful feature. To get around this limitation on the table view, I use a "Search" view. Unfortunately, this doesn't utilize the "filter menu" available under tables, but it does allow you to show (and export) a table of data that can be generated from fields in related objects (tables). But maybe you already know this.