Filter
The filter action allows you to filter the resulting data based on a series of conditions.
The filter accepts one input and one output. The input is the data to be filtered, and the output will be the data that passes the filter.
Use cases
The filter action is one of Switchboards method to provide conditional logic, so for example:
Imagine you have a list of users, and you want to remove any users that aren’t active for use further along your
workflows. You can do this by using the filter action and setting the condition to user.active + Equal to + true.
Remember that the Filter passes forward values that pass the defined rules and conditions, rather than filtering out those values.
Configuration
The filter is a multi condition interface - with two operators - AND and OR. These rules can be paired with IF and
NOT IF to create complex conditional logic.
Multi-row conditionals
The filter supports being able to filter based on a literal field value, or by using a selector to a previous field value.
Defining a filter value
Available Conditions
Values passing through the filter can be combined in rules with varying conditions, such as Equal to and Exists. See
more options below:
All available conditions
Grouping Conditions
Rules can also be grouped to provide multiple levels of validating whether values should be filtered or not.
Grouping conditions
Filter
The filter action allows you to filter the resulting data based on a series of conditions.
The filter accepts one input and one output. The input is the data to be filtered, and the output will be the data that passes the filter.
Use cases
The filter action is one of Switchboards method to provide conditional logic, so for example:
Imagine you have a list of users, and you want to remove any users that aren’t active for use further along your
workflows. You can do this by using the filter action and setting the condition to user.active + Equal to + true.
Remember that the Filter passes forward values that pass the defined rules and conditions, rather than filtering out those values.
Configuration
The filter is a multi condition interface - with two operators - AND and OR. These rules can be paired with IF and
NOT IF to create complex conditional logic.
Multi-row conditionals
The filter supports being able to filter based on a literal field value, or by using a selector to a previous field value.
Defining a filter value
Available Conditions
Values passing through the filter can be combined in rules with varying conditions, such as Equal to and Exists. See
more options below:
All available conditions
Grouping Conditions
Rules can also be grouped to provide multiple levels of validating whether values should be filtered or not.
Grouping conditions