Filter and Sort Introduction

The Explore page filter bar refines the data shown across every Explore tab. The same selection is applied to all tabs at once.

Filter Components

The Explore filter bar groups its primary controls at the top of the page:

Impact on the Explore Page

The filter bar is shared across every Explore tab. When you change a filter, the selection applies to:

• Insights: Quality Score, data overview, check distribution, and other metrics update to match the selection.
• Activity: The runs and schedules table shows only operations on the selected datastores.
• Profiles: The containers and fields listing shows only the selected datastores and tags.
• Observability: Volumetric and Metric checks show only the selected datastores and tags.
• Checks: The checks list shows only checks belonging to the selected datastores and tags.
• Anomalies: The anomalies list shows only anomalies from the selected datastores and tags.

Switching tabs keeps the filter selection. You can drill from a high-level Insights view to a detailed Anomalies list without re-applying filters.

How Filter Selections Combine

Within a single field, multiple selections are combined with OR (union). Across fields, the selections are combined with AND (intersection).

For example, if you select datastores A and B, and tags production and critical:

• Datastores: data from datastore A or B is included.
• Tags: data tagged production or critical is included.
• Combined: only data from datastore A or B that is also tagged production or critical appears in the tabs.

Filter Persistence

The filter bar remembers your selection in the current browser tab:

• Across Explore tabs: filters stay set as you switch between Insights, Activity, Profiles, Observability, Checks, and Anomalies. The same selection applies to every tab.
• Across a page refresh: filters stay set after a reload in the same browser tab.
• Across browser tabs or windows: filters are not shared. A new browser tab starts with no filters applied.

To save and share a filtered view, see Filter Presets.

Search Within Dropdowns

The Source Datastores and Tags dropdowns include a search box at the top with the placeholder Type or choose. Search is case-insensitive and matches any part of the option's name. For example, typing data matches both Healthcare Analytics and Production Data Warehouse.

Sort

Sorting is per-tab, not part of the filter bar. Each Explore tab has its own sort controls (column headers or a sort dropdown) that determine the order of the listed records on that tab. The sort selection is independent of the filter bar and is not saved as part of the filter selection.

Real-World Examples

• Production health monitoring. Filter by your production datastores and the production tag, then switch between Insights (to check the overall Quality Score), Anomalies (to see active issues), and Activity (to confirm scans are running on schedule).
• Compliance audit. Filter by datastores subject to compliance and the HIPAA tag, then export the Insights data for the audit report.
• Incident triage. When responding to a data quality incident, filter by the affected datastore and walk through Insights, then Anomalies, then Checks to identify the root cause.
• Team handoff. Save the filter selection for your team's daily review as a filter preset and share the link so everyone starts from the same view.