Create filters or filter groups

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title: Create filters or filter groups
description: With these filters and filter groups, you enable employees to easily filter, organize, discover, and fulfill the tasks in a few clicks.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/employee-service-management/employee-experience-foundation/configure-to-dos-tasks-filters.html
release: australia
product: Employee Experience Foundation
classification: employee-experience-foundation
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Configurable task filters, Setup task management, Configuring Employee Center, Employee Center, EmployeeWorks, Employee Service Management]
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# Create filters or filter groups

With these filters and filter groups, you enable employees to easily filter, organize, discover, and fulfill the tasks in a few clicks.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_hr\_sp.esc\_admin

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Employee Center** > **Administration** > **To-dos filters**.

2.  Click **New** or open a record.

3.  Fill in the fields on the form.

<table id="table_ipr_bbk_4fb"><thead><tr><th>

Field

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Name

</td><td>

Name of the filter or filter group.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Application

</td><td>

Application for the filter or filter group.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Active

</td><td>

Check the box to activate the task filter or filter group.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Is filter group

</td><td>

Option to create a filter group. Filter group can be associated with filters or categories only.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Available for

</td><td>

Option to make the filter available for only to select users, groups, roles, and more.**Note:** This field does not appear when you select **Is filter group**.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Not available for

</td><td>

Option to make the filter unavailable for.**Note:** This field does not appear when you select **Is filter group**.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Description

</td><td>

Descriptive information about the filter.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>4.  Select **Save**.

    The **Filter** or **Filter group** is created.


## What to do next

Proceed to associate the categories, filters, and conditions from the related list. From the related list, select category for the filter. Select a category from the list available from the picker dialog box.

**Note:** Associate a filter to only one category or filter group.

If you do not select any specific category or filter group, the filter is not visible on the **My tasks** page.

Complete the following mapping per your requirement.

-   For filter group, map **Associated categories** and **Filters**. Also, go to the **Associated filters** related list, click **New**, and fill in the form to add more filters.
-   For filters, map **Associated categories** and **Associated conditions**. For sub-filters, map only **Associated conditions** as you cannot map a sub-filter to a category.

Based on your mapping, you make the filters available for employees to use on the **My tasks** page.