--- title: Creating a custom filter in list windows. description: Acctivate's various presentation list windows can be filtered to suit your needs to easily find your records. Acctivate even allows you to save filters for quickly pulling up the criteria desired. This article will show you how to do so, --- [Skip to content](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles/custom-filter-in-the-business-activities-list-window#main-content) [Go to Customer Portal](https://hub.acctivate.com/tickets?hsLang=en) ![Acctivate - A CAI Solution](https://hub.acctivate.com/hubfs/Images/Logos/acctivate-cai-logo-svg.svg) - [Knowledge Base](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Knowledge Base](https://hub.acctivate.com/articles) - [Go to Customer Portal](https://hub.acctivate.com/tickets) - [Support Resources / Create Ticket](https://acctivate.com/support) [Support Resources / Create Ticket](https://acctivate.com/support) Hello. 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Next, Click the '+' next to the "Matches All" and begin creating your filter. 1. ![filter list](https://hub.acctivate.com/hs-fs/hubfs/filter%20list.jpg?width=346&height=283&name=filter%20list.jpg) 4. If desired, you can click "Save As" to save this filter for later use. 1. You can choose to share this or keep it for your user. 5. Click OK. 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