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New Filtering in Project for the web

Microsoft Project Team's avatar
Sep 29, 2021

As your projects grow, it becomes more important to be able to quickly find whichever task you need right now. You now have more granular control of task filtering in Project for the Web. Tasks in Grid, Board, and Timeline view can now be filtered by:  

  • Keyword
  • Finish Date (new)
  • Progress
  • Bucket (new)
  • Assigned to (new)

To filter your tasks, simply press the Filters button on the top right within a project in any view, and select filters you'd like to apply in the Filter Tasks pane:

 

 

 

You can use a combination of filters across filter groups to narrow down your tasks. For example, if you select the Late filter from the Finish Date filter group, and Not Started and In Progress from the Progress filter group, only tasks that haven’t started or are in progress, and are late will be shown.

 

FAQ

Do filters persist when I refresh the page?

No. Filters are reset every time you refresh the session. However, if you leave the filtered project and go to Project Home, and come back to the filtered project, your filters will persist.

 

Are there any limits to how many filters I can choose?

No. You can select as many filters as you want from any filter groups, including the keyword filters.

 

Are there any license restrictions on who can user filters?

No. All Project for the Web users, including Office users with read-only access, can use filters.

Updated Sep 29, 2021
Version 4.0
  • TheresaG1880's avatar
    TheresaG1880
    Copper Contributor

    The 'search by keyword' box is not visible when I open my Project in Teams; I only see this text box when I open the Project in browser view. This is totally inconvenient because if I want to add a comment to the task card, I need to open the Project in Teams. This involves multiple clicks to enter the information in the task.

  • TheresaG1880's avatar
    TheresaG1880
    Copper Contributor

    I no longer see the box to 'filter by keyword'. Was Project for the Web updated in Aug. 2024 and this feature removed? I want this capability back!

  • ChristerR1295's avatar
    ChristerR1295
    Copper Contributor

    Does anyone know if it is possible to add a new field in order to sort on date?? I am looking for the option of having "This month" as an option.

  • jzou_CD's avatar
    jzou_CD
    Copper Contributor

    Could an option be added such that the filters do persist when refreshed? (i.e. changeable default filters)

  • gr8morhg's avatar
    gr8morhg
    Copper Contributor

    Is Milestone filtering in the implementation backlog?

  • IvanaIG's avatar
    IvanaIG
    Copper Contributor

    Thank you.  Can any manually added columns be made available in the filter as well?  I know you can type in the keyboards, but it would be useful if a column that has been manually added to the view appears in the filter section as well.

  • blairslack0's avatar
    blairslack0
    Brass Contributor

    Thanks, this is very useful, will this also be applied to roadmap filtering?