Create a Boolean interactive filter

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title: Create a Boolean interactive filter
description: A Boolean interactive filter allows users to filter report widgets based on the value of a true/false field.
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# Create a Boolean interactive filter

A Boolean interactive filter allows users to filter report widgets based on the value of a true/false field.

## Before you begin

Role required: hp\_publisher\_admin and report\_admin. The hp\_publisher\_admin role exists only for managing interactive filters in Core UI. By default, it contains the role analytics\_filter\_admin for managing Core UI filters that are migrated to Platform Analytics experience. It isn't possible to create Core UI interactive filters in net new instances from Yokohama forward.

When a user selects `All`, they do not see a report with all filter options applied, they see the unfiltered report. This example of Boolean filter shows three options you can filter on: true, false, and All.

\[Omitted image "if-ex-bool.png"\] Alt text: Boolean filter example with the true option selected

**Note:** If the interactive filter has a default value or specifies the last selected value, non-responsive dashboards do not apply this value automatically. This feature is only available on [Responsive dashboards](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/now-intelligence/performance-analytics/c_ResponsiveDashboards.md).

## Procedure

1.  Check the existing interactive filters on the same table.

    1.  Navigate to **All** > **Performance Analytics Administration** > **Core UI Artifacts** > **Interactive Filters** and select an interactive filter based on the same table you want to filter.

    2.  Under Related Links, select **Other filters on Table**.

    3.  Review the other filters that are available on the same table to see if the filter you want already exists.

2.  Navigate to **All** > **Performance Analytics Administration** > **Core UI Artifacts** > **Interactive Filters**.

3.  Select **New**.

4.  In the **Filter based on** list, select **Boolean**.

    \[Omitted image "if-filter-based-on-bool.png"\] Alt text: Filter based on list with Boolean selected

5.  Set the following fields:

    |Name|Description|
    |----|-----------|
    |Name|Enter a name for the filter. This name appears on the dashboard widget for the filter.|
    |Look up name|Enter a lookup name for the filter. This name appears in the **Add content** menu for users adding a filter to a dashboard. Use this name to help organize your filters. If you do not specify a lookup name, the **Name** value is used instead.|
    |Description|Enter a description of the filter.|
    |UI control type|Select how the available filtering options for this filter appear on the dashboard widget. See [Available interactive filter UI control types](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/now-intelligence/core-ui-interactive-filters/r_HomepagePublisherUIControlTypes.md).|

6.  Select **Apply to all tables in hierarchy** to apply the filter to parent, child, and sibling tables of an extended table.

7.  Select **Apply filter to database views and tables** to apply the filter to widgets based on both [database views](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/now-intelligence/performance-analytics/performance-analytics-glossary.md) and tables.

    **Note:** It is not possible to apply filters to tables that extend the database view’s tables. For more information, see [Interactive filters on database views and table hierarchies](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/now-intelligence/core-ui-interactive-filters/apply-filter-to-all-tables-in-hierarchy.md).

8.  In the **Table** list, select the table that includes the true/false field to filter on.

9.  In the **Field** list, select the true/false field to filter on.

10. Select a **Default value** for the filter.

    This default is applied automatically for all users. If a user selects a different value, that value is saved as the user's default and overrides the global default.

11. Select **Submit**.


## What to do next

1.  After you create the filter, add it to a dashboard.
2.  On the dashboard, select the **Edit widget** icon \(\[Omitted image "icon-cogwheel-ac.png"\] Alt text: Edit columns icon\) on each visualization on the dashboard that should follow the filter and select **Follow interactive filter**.

**Parent Topic:**[Creating Interactive Filters of different types](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/now-intelligence/core-ui-interactive-filters/r_AvailableHomepagePublisherTypes.md)