Filter

How it is used

In SQL you filter with WHERE, or with HAVING after grouping; in dashboards users choose filters from drop-down menus. You filter by something and filter out what you don't want. Also a noun: 'add a filter'.

Example sentences

1. Filter out test accounts before you calculate the conversion rate.

2. The dashboard is filtered to last month by default.

Common collocations

• filter by
• filter out
• apply a filter
• date filter

Related terms

• SQLStructured Query Language: the standard language used to create tables and to read, add, change and delete data in relational databases.
• queryA request sent to a database to read or change data, usually written in SQL. As a verb, to query means to ask a database for data.
• dashboardA screen that shows the most important metrics and charts about a system in one place, so engineers can see its health at a glance.
• segmentA group of customers or users who share certain characteristics, such as country, device or buying behaviour; as a verb, to divide data into such groups.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• filter · Data Science & Analytics
• filter · Electrical & Electronics Engineering
• filter · E-commerce

More terms: Machine Learning and Data Processing

• artificial intelligence
• machine learning
• model
• dataset
• training data
• label
• train
• supervised learning
• neural network
• deep learning
• loss function
• overfitting