# Filters in Graphical View

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**Created:** [April 17, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/filters-in-graphical-view/1387 "2021-04-17T15:21:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/filters-in-graphical-view/1387/1 "2021-04-17T15:21:50Z")

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Can filters be usefull in the Graphical View ?

I’ve tried some but it changes nothing.

I’ve read [that question on Heredis](https://twitter.com/brevesdantan/status/1383330234888425477?s=20) (they are looking to display the ancestors tree of someone and **some of its selected** descendants) and I am trying to do it on Gramps but I can’t do it with filters. Is there a way to do this in Gramps? (It looks like they can’t on Heredis either)

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**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/filters-in-graphical-view/1387/2 "2021-04-17T22:23:08Z")

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This doesn’t answer the questions of ‘how to’ or ‘if possible’, but I am curious where eliminating Descendants from a chart would be useful?

Explaining the purpose might pique the interest of a developer.

I’ve often wanted to filter Ancestors… mostly to show lines of pedigree collapse or the direct line to a particular ancestor. (I often have to hand trim the output from the Pedigree Gramplet.)

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**Author:** ![PLegoux](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/plegoux/32/413_2.png) [@PLegoux](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/PLegoux)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 8:17am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/filters-in-graphical-view/1387/3 "2021-04-18T08:17:29Z")

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> [@emyoulation](#):
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> This doesn’t answer the questions of ‘how to’ or ‘if possible’, but I am curious where eliminating Descendants from a chart would be useful?

I don’t know why this tweet but I can imagine some answers:

- don’t show living people
- eliminate people with no already found proof
- view a particular line

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**Author:** ![DaveSch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/davesch/32/40_2.png) [@DaveSch](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/DaveSch)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 12:39pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/filters-in-graphical-view/1387/4 "2021-04-18T12:39:41Z")

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The first hint that most Graph views cannot be filtered is that the Filter is not a default sidebar app. And the menu \>\> Edit \>\> Edit Person Filter is not available.

The Quilt Chart has filtering.

The Pedigree, H-Tree Pedigree and the Timeline Pedigree have the menu options to add/edit people filters but the sidebar does not have Filter as a default standard. When adding the Filter app, it does not do any filtering. I tried filtering out my father with nothing happening.

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**Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/filters-in-graphical-view/1387/5 "2021-05-18T12:40:12Z")

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