# 6.2 Filtering Posts

Filters can be applied to narrow down a large amount of data. You can filter posts by many types of parameters, for example: ***Surveys, Categories, Status, Date Ranges, and Location.***

Survey and Category filters are located within the "Filters" modal on the top global search bar, which allows you to

* **sort posts by**
  * Date of creation
  * Post date i.e date when it was assigned to a survey
  * Date updated
* **filter reports by**

  * ***Saved searches***
    * By default, every deployment has a set of three featured Saved Searches(read more in the [Saved searches section](/platform-user-manual/legacy/7.-analysing-data-on-your-deployment/7.1-saved-searches.md) of this manual) from which you can view posts on your deployment, from the search filter.These include:-
      * ***Published Posts***: Lists all posts that have been made public on your deployment(i.e can be viewed by registered/non registered users on your deployment.
      * ***Unknown Posts***: Lists all messages received from SMS, Email and Twitter, that have not been assigned to a survey i.e are unstructured
      * ***My posts***: Lists all posts created by you as a user
  * ***Status***
    * Published: Posts that can be seen by both logged in and non logged in users
    * Under review: Posts that can only be seen by logged in users with adequate permissions
    * Archived: Posts that have been deemed to be irrelevant and removed from your active view
  * Other filters include **Surveys, Categories, Data source, Date range, Location** or any other user determined parameters

  ![](/files/-LEUwUbIGkb7QUkXrlmj)![](/files/-LEUwUbKBZKeB4AQOTtB)Filters are additive, so you can apply as many as you would like. This search filter is available on all pages.


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