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Filter work items on your plan

You can search for specific work items on your timeline or narrow the scope of what’s displayed in your plan by filtering them using the Filters menu.

On this page:

Filters available on the timeline and list view

  • Hierarchy - View work items between two specific hierarchy levels.

  • Work item details - Show work items that contain a keyword or phrase.

  • Releases — See all work items assigned to a specific release.

  • Teams — Filter by teams in the plan.

  • Assignees — Filter by assignees in the plan, as well as users which belong to included teams.

  • Sprints — Show only work items from any sprint included in your plan. You can also filter by sprint state (completed, future, external, etc). Read more about sprints states.

  • Project — Filter top level-work items based on the project to which they belong. Child work items from other projects may still appear if they’re associated with the top-level work item from that project.

  • Goals — Filter by Atlas goals to show links between granular work and outcomes.

  • Priorities — Show only work items of a certain priority level in your plan.

  • Work types —  Only show work items of a certain type, based on your plan’s configuration.

  • Components — Filter by components, assuming they’re configured in your plan.

  • Labels — Filter by labels, assuming they’re configured in your plan.

  • Dependencies — Show only work items with dependencies in your plan. The dropdown menu contains the following options:

    • All work items — Show all work items included in the plan, regardless of dependencies.

    • Has dependencies — Show only work items that have dependencies.

    • Overlapping dates — Show only off-track dependencies.

    • Specific work item — Show dependencies related to a specific work item in your plan.

  • Reporter - Filter based on who created the work item.

  • Status — See work items based on their current status

  • Warnings – Filter work items based on the warnings that apply to them.

  • Date range – Set a start and end date to view a specific time range of your plan. This filter uses the configured date fields of your plan.

Filters available on the Program board

  • Project — Filter top level-work items based on the project to which they belong. Child work items from other projects may still appear if they’re associated with the top-level work item from that project.

  • Parent work item (such as Epic) - View only work items related to a specific higher-level work item

  • Work type - Only show work items of a certain type, based on your plan’s configuration.

Filters available on the Calendar view

Filter which work items show in the calendar view using the drop-downs at the top of the page. You can filter your work items according to:

  • Project — Filter top level-work items based on the project to which they belong. Child work items from other projects may still appear if they’re associated with the top-level work itemWork type - Only show work items of a certain type, based on your plan’s configuration.

  • Status — See work items based on their current status

  • Assignees — Filter by assignees in the plan, as well as users which belong to included teams.

  • Custom filters added to your plan

Custom filters

You can filter by custom fields if they’re configured for your plan. Read how to configure custom fields in your plan.

 Your plan supports five custom field types as filters:

  • single-choice select

  • multiple-choice select

  • checkbox

  • radio button

  • label

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