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The filter dropdown only allows me to filter by one project or one assigned user.

What if I want one filter that shows all cases in a given project, assigned to, say, me or assigned to the "Up for Grabs" virtual user?

The drop-downs only allow selection of one Project, Area, Status, etc. How about allowing multiple with a UI something like this?

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Case FC1888031

edited Feb 27 2012 at 14:07

asked Nov 12 2009 at 3:19

Rich Armstrong♦♦
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	see this related post on finding cases assigned to members of a group: fogbugz.stackexchange.com/questions/6845/… – adambox♦ Feb 1 2011 at 21:35
	Our managers and QA teams are very interested in this feature. By adding search axes to a filter, as pointed out by Rich, it is possible, but this is a far cry from a smooth workflow when it is done frequently. (It is also exceedingly hidden/power-user-y/non-obvious.) What our QA people are expecting is either Ctrl+Click functionality, as is available in just about any bug tracking front-end out there, or some sort of checkbox feature as pointed out in the question. – Grip Jul 1 2011 at 23:36
	One thing that the current workaround of using search with an OR clause breaks is that you can not use the "changes over time" views if you include a search. Hopefully this feature will not have the same limitation. – David Mitchell Dec 30 2011 at 20:37

adambox · Accepted Answer · 2010-04-26 18:54:58Z UTC

Instead of setting the value in the filter, add a search to the filter.

Get the project filter set, then click Filter: to get the dropdown.

Select the Search for item and put something like this in the edit:

assignedto:me OR assignedto:grabs

By the same token, you could select the My Cases filter and add a search for:

project:fogbugz OR project:copilot

If you need to do a lot of these and the names are too long, you can get the project ID and search like this:

project:=26 OR project:=35

We have a case open to consider the ability to select multiple values for a filter criterion for a future release. Please up-vote this question to show your support for adding this feature.

Travis Laborde · Answer 2 · 2010-04-23 15:50:25Z UTC

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how would I use this to filter by status codes? We have categories "Bugs" and "Features" and under each of those we have a status code "Pending Review." I'd like to have one filtered view that shows me all the "Pending Review" cases.

I've tried status:{Category}{various delimiters}{Status} but none worked yet. For example:

status:Bug-Pending Review

answered Apr 23 2010 at 15:50

Travis Laborde
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category:bug status:"pending review" – Ted♦ Apr 23 2010 at 17:02

I have the same situation - have similar status codes for different categories. Try searching for: status:Pending Review The search will match all cases (different categories) with a status like "Pending Review" – IM Jun 30 2011 at 9:44

Mike Rea · Answer 3 · 2011-01-05 20:29:01Z UTC

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bump, gets my vote. Currently we have to link to source data and use an MS Access report to filter only for specific projects. Would be nice to have the ability within the UI.

Thx. mike

answered Jan 5 2011 at 20:29

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IM · Answer 4 · 2011-06-30 09:46:02Z UTC

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I have the same situation - have similar status codes for different categories.

Try searching for: status:Pending Review

The search will match all cases (different categories) with a status like "Pending Review"

answered Jun 30 2011 at 9:46

IM
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David K · Answer 5 · 2011-07-07 16:37:36Z UTC

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Absolutely, this is critical for large organizations.

answered Jul 7 2011 at 16:37

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Barbara B. · Answer 6 · 2011-11-04 19:24:20Z UTC

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Voting up. A handy multi-select GUI for filters would make my life easier.

answered Nov 4 2011 at 19:24

Barbara B.
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Also, thank you for providing the syntax for the Search. That worked fine for selecting a subset of assignees. – Barbara B. Nov 4 2011 at 19:55

BryanMash · Answer 7 · 2012-01-23 20:57:11Z UTC

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Upvoted. Definitely useful feature as we use Groups for assigning at early stages of projects and this feature would help things slip through cracks less often.

answered Jan 23 2012 at 20:57

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Amy McCann · Answer 8 · 2012-10-25 17:37:39Z UTC

UPVOTED!!!! Seems like this would be fairly simple in the custom filter page (default.asp?pg=pgFilter) page. Make it a multi-selection box, yes?

For all of the niceness, it appears this has been 'considered' for 2 1/2 years. Are y'all any closer?

:-)

How do I filter by multiple users or projects?

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