# File Explorer filter

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-explorer-filter/16072>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition79\
**Created:** [November 21, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-explorer-filter/16072 "2017-11-21T14:09:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![lyhkch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lyhkch/32/9381_2.png) [@lyhkch](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lyhkch)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-explorer-filter/16072/1 "2017-11-21T14:09:23Z")

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Hi, how can I filter PDF files by start time and end time use File Explorer ?

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**Author:** ![lyhkch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lyhkch/32/9381_2.png) [@lyhkch](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lyhkch)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-explorer-filter/16072/2 "2017-11-22T16:03:28Z")

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anyone know how to do ?

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-explorer-filter/16072/3 "2017-11-22T16:24:09Z")

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The File Explorer component does not have this functionality.  
You would need to browse your own directory path, then use the ‘Tree View’ component to display it. Java has some functions to browse directories ( [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3154488/how-do-i-iterate-through-the-files-in-a-directory-in-java](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3154488/how-do-i-iterate-through-the-files-in-a-directory-in-java) ) or you could use the Python equivalents ( [https://docs.python.org/2/library/os.path.html#os.path.walk](https://docs.python.org/2/library/os.path.html#os.path.walk) ) to build up an Ignition dataset, then populate that on the Tree View.