This article describes how to use filters within Google Ad Manager tables to efficiently find items such as proposals or orders. It also explains how to save your own filters and reuse them later.
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Find items with filters
Most tables already have some filters applied when you navigate to them. Ad Manager automatically applies these filters to help surface the most important items for you.
You can add to or modify filters from the top filter bar, such as in an order.
To add a filter to an order:
-
Sign in to Google Ad Manager.
- Click Delivery and then Orders.
- At the top of a table in the filter bar, click Add new filter.
- Select a filter. For example, choose "Status" or "Name" from the proposal table.
- Indicate operators and select or enter values. Operators determine how you want to search with values. Possible values depends on the filter. See Operators and values.
- Click Apply.
You can optionally add more filters by clicking Add new filter again to narrow your search. To remove a filter from the filter bar, click next to the filter.
Filters have an "AND" relationship to each other. For example, if you filter for proposals with "Name > contains > summer travel" and "Status > is any of > Finalized", both must be true—only proposals with "summer travel" in the name and whose status is finalized are shown.
Operators and values
Operators and possible values depends on the filter selected. For instance, if you selected "Status" filter from the proposal table, you can select one or several values—"Draft", "Buyer review requested", or "Finalized" to name a few. The "Status" filter only uses one operator "is any of."
The "Name" filter, on the other hand, allows you type in a value and provide one of several operators:
- contains
- does not contain
- is
- is not
Operators let you specify how you want to search with values. The "contains" operator, for instance, lets you type part of a search term. Two other operators worth noting are:
- is any of
- is none of
The operator "is any of" means values have an "OR" relationship to each other. You might look for proposals, for example, that have a status of either "Finalized" or "Buyer review requested". The "is none of" operator excludes the values selected.
Save and apply filters
Once the filters are added with the values and operators you want, you can save them to apply later. Saved filters are associated only with your user account and are available only from the table where you saved them.
To save a filter
- From the filter bar, click Add to saved filters
.
- Enter a name for the saved filter.
- Click Save.
Find your saved filters from the table where you saved them by clicking Add new filter in the filter bar.
You can save up to 25 filters for each of the following tables: orders, line items, proposals, proposal line items, creatives, users, and companies.
Rename or update saved filters
Filters with the same name are not allowed for the same table.
Once a filter is saved, it may not be renamed or updated with different filters, operators, or values. If you want to change a saved filter, apply the filter, change it as desired, and save it under a unique name. You can choose to delete the previous filter.
To apply a saved filter
- In the filter bar, click Add new filter.
- Under "Saved filters," select one of your filters.
Once selected, the saved filter is applied.
To delete a saved filter
- In the filter bar, click Add new filter.
- Above the list of filters, click
next to the saved filter you want deleted.
Example filters
Sign in to Google Ad Manager and navigate through the following examples:
Underdelivering line items
| Expected to underdeliver | is | True |
| End time | in the next | 30 days |
Active line items that didn't deliver yesterday
Click Delivery, and then Line items. Click Add new filter, then apply the following filter.
| Delivered yesterday | is | False |
| End time | after | (Today's date) |
Line items starting soon but missing creatives
Click Delivery, and then Line items. Click Add new filter, then apply the following filter.
| Creative upload status | is | Creative time gap |
| Start time | in the next | 30 days |
Orders assigned to a trafficker starting in the next two weeks
Click Delivery, and then Orders. Click Add new filter, then apply the following filter.
| Start time | in the next | 2 weeks |
| Assigned to | trafficker | Tracy Trafficker |
Advertisers with inactive status
Click Admin, and then Companies. Click Add new filter, then apply the following filter.
| Type | is | Advertiser |
| Status | is | Inactive |
