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title: "Filters"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/PA/197888712/Filters"
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> Macro (aura-html)

## Filters and their usage

Power Admin for Jira provides you with an easy and convenient way to search for saved filters in a Jira instance. You can even search in the JQL queries of those filters. Additionally, you can view the whole query of a filter, open it in *Issue Navigator*, or copy it.

After finding a filter, you can visit its profile page in Power Admin to get a full report of its usage.

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## Find filters

1. On Power Admin's *Home* page, select **Filter **from the drop-down, type the filter name or key, and start your search.
2. On the *Search results* page, you can enable the **Search in Query** option and enter an ID, name, or JQL query in the search box. Power Admin will then search for а match in each filter's JQL query.
3. You can filter further the results by owner and access. For this purpose, use the **Owner** and **Access** filters next to the search field.
4. From the search results, click on the name of a filter. Then, the filter profile page appears.

## Search results

After you search for a filter, the page with results shows the following information:

- *Name *and *ID* of the filter - you can search for a filter by its name or ID.
- *JQL query *of the filter* *- if the query is broken, there will be an error in the JQL section informing you about the problem.
- *Sharing state* of the filter - [Private] or [shared]. Filters can be shared with other users directly or via user groups, projects, and project roles ([read more](https://confluence.atlassian.com/jiracoreserver073/saving-your-search-as-a-filter-861257224.html#Savingyoursearchasafilter-sharing_filtersSharingafilter)).
- *Owner* of a filter - name and state (*active*, *inactive*, or *deleted*) of the user that owns the filter.
- *Subscriptions*** **- the number of users and groups subscribed to the filter.

When you hover over the JQL query of a filter, three available actions appear:

- **View in Issue Navigator*** - *view the filter’s JQL entry on a new page in the *Issue Navigator*.
- **View ***- *see the whole JQL query in an inline dialog on the same page.
- **Copy **- copy the JQL query to your clipboard.

## Profile page

After finding your filter in the search results, you can open the filter's profile page and review the data gathered about where it is used in your Jira.

> 📝 **How does Power Admin for Jira track the filter usage?**
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> 📝 To collect all the data about a filter's usage, Power Admin detects all the *agile boards, dashboards, *and *filters* where it is in use. It goes through their JQL entries and looks for references to the filter.
> 📝 
> 📝 Power Admin also detects the number of *subscriptions *and *shares *of* *this filter*.*
> 📝 
> 📝 [Learn more](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PA/pages/197854896) about how Power Admin for Jira tracks usage information.

### Usage information

On a filter’s profile page, you can see the following information: 

1. ID, owner, and JQL query.
2. Sharing state of the filter - [Private] or [shared].
3. Number of subscriptions to this filter and shares with users, groups, or roles.
4. Number and list of agile boards, dashboards, and filters where the filter is referenced/used.

> ✅ If the filter’s JQL query is invalid, Power Admin will display an error in the JQL section along with a red error icon.

### Actions

The following actions are available for filters:

- **Export** - exports the filter usage information into a CSV file.
- **View in Issue Navigator** - opens the filter in the *Issue Navigator*.
- **Copy query** - copies the JQL query of the filter to your clipboard.

> 📝 **Locations**
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> 📝 Location details are **not available** for the relation between filters and their dependent configuration elements (*agile* *boards*, *filters*, and *dashboards*).