# Filter documents ## Filters Open '**Filters**' on the left of the search bar:

Screenshot of Datashare's page to search documents with the 'Filters' button at the left of the search bar highlighted

Screenshot of Datashare's page to search documents with the 'Filters' panel open and highlighted on the left of the page and on the right of the menud

**'Indexing dates'** arethe dates when the documents were added to Datashare. **'Embedment levels'** regard embedded documents: * The 'file on disk' is level zero * If a document is attached to (or contained in) a file on disk, its embedment level is '1st' * If a document is attached to (or contained in) a document itself contained in a file on disk, its embedment level is '2nd' * And so on ## Filter by entities If you asked Datashare to '**Find entities**' and the task was complete, you will see names of people, organizations, locations and e-mail adresses in the filters. These are the entities **automatically detected by Datashare:**

## Exclude filters Tick the '**Exclude**' checkbox to select all items except those selected. In the search breadcrumb, you see that the excluded filters are **strikethrough**:

Screenshot of Datashare's page to search documents with the 'People' filter open with 2 names ticked and the Exclude button ticked and highlighted as well as the two names in the search breadcrumb that are also strikethrough

## Contextualize filters In most filters, tick '**Contextualize'** to **update the number of documents indicated in the filters so they reflect the results**. The filter will only count what you selected, it will reflect the results of your current selection:

Screenshot of Datashare's page to search documents with a filter open and the Contextualize button at the bottom of this filter highlighted

Screenshot of Datashare's page to search documents with the 'Language' filter open, the 'Contextualize' checkbox ticked and the whole filter highlighted

## Clear all filters To reset all filters at the same time, open the **search breadcrumb**:

Screenshot of Datashare's page to search documents with the 'Your search' button on the left of the search bar highlighted

Click '**Clear filters**':

Screenshot of Datashare's page to search documents with search breadcrumb open and the 'Clear filter' button highlighted

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