---
title: "Saved views and the filter language"
description: "How to filter, group and save issue views with the keyboard in the Overlane web app, and what the filter box understands."
---

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# Saved views and the filter language

A **saved view** is a filter, a grouping and a sort over any issue field. The page and the service mean the same thing by it, so a view you save in the app is the one the API runs. The fields and the order are described in [Issues, projects and views](/issues/).

## Filter from the keyboard

Press `f` or `/` on the Issues view to focus the filter box. Type words to match titles, and `field:value` to match a field:

```text
status:todo,in_progress -priority:P3 label:Backend no:assignee estimate:>=3 retry
```

| Part | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| `status:todo,in_progress` | The status is one of these. A comma means "or". |
| `-priority:P3` | A leading `-` means "not". |
| `label:Backend` | A label or project name is looked up for you. |
| `assignee:me` | `me` means you. |
| `no:assignee` | The field is empty. |
| `estimate:>=3` | Compare with `>`, `>=`, `<` or `<=`. |
| `retry` | Any word that is not `field:value` must appear in the title. |

Short names work: `s` for status, `p` for priority, `a` for assignee and `l` for label. A token that looks like a field but is not understood is shown as unknown rather than ignored silently.

## Group and save

Press `b` to group by the next field. You can group by status, priority, assignee type, assignee, label, project, cycle or source. Press `s` to save the current filter and grouping as a named view; saved views are listed with the view picker and can be deleted by members and above.

## From the palette

Every one of these is also a palette command (`Ctrl+K`, then type "filter" or "group"), so a view can be driven without remembering a key. See [Keyboard shortcuts and the command palette](/web-app/keyboard-shortcuts/).

Source: https://docs.overlane.app/web-app/saved-views/index.mdx