Use board filters to only display specific board items in sections

Board filters allow you to display only specific items from a board in the monday.com client portal. Filters work by defining rules that determine which items should be included in the result. Each rule compares a column value with a condition, such as matching text, checking a date range, or verifying whether a column is empty. Filters can also be combined and sorted to control how items appear in the portal.

Introduction

What are Board Filters?

Board Filters allow you to show only the items from a monday.com board that match certain conditions. For example, you may want to show:

  • only items assigned to a specific person on monday.com
  • only items marked Done, Stuck, or Working on it
  • only items due this week

Did you know?

Filters help your client focus on the information that matters instead of showing every item on the board.

How it works

How board filters work

A filter is made up of rules. Each rule checks something about an item on the board, for example:

  • Status equals Done
  • Owner equals John
  • Due Date is Today

Only items that match the rule will be displayed.

Combining rules

Combining multiple rules in one filter

You can combine several rules to make filters more precise. For example, show only items where:

  1. Status equals Done
  2. Due Date is This Month

This filter will only show items that are completed and due during the current month.

Supported columns

What you can filter by

You can filter by many types of information from your board, including:

  • Item name
  • Status
  • People
  • Dates
  • Numbers
  • Tags
  • Groups
  • and more

Item sorting

Sorting filtered board items

After applying filter rules, you can also sort the results. For example:

  • sort by Due Date
  • sort by Last Updated
  • sort by Creation Date

Did you know?

Sorting helps organize the filtered items in a meaningful order. Sorting can even be applied without using rules.

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting board filters

If a filter does not show the items you expect, check the following:

  • The column value does not match the filter
  • Multiple rules may hide items
  • The board does not contain matching items

Tips & Tricks

Best practices

  • Start with one simple rule
  • Add more rules only when needed
  • Test filters to make sure they return the expected items
  • Keep filters simple whenever possible