# Initial values on power table filters

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/initial-values-on-power-table-filters/11641>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [May 10, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/initial-values-on-power-table-filters/11641 "2016-05-10T20:56:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![caritoel27](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/caritoel27/32/3430_2.png) [@caritoel27](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/caritoel27)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/initial-values-on-power-table-filters/11641/1 "2016-05-10T20:56:42Z")

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Hi,  
Please, I have the following question:  
Is it posible that power table filters have an initial value?  
For example a date column can have an initial filter : first day of the current month  
And if so how can I do it?

I will appreciate very much your help.

Best Regards  
Carito ![:study:](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/1X/69117f8dc265a857fd146cb96caad7761d3a9157.gif ":study:")

![:prayer:](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/1X/e5a7e3b63facc151ea73e3b45db7bdb3d4bdc316.gif ":prayer:")

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**Author:** ![Mr.K001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@Mr.K001](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Mr.K001)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/initial-values-on-power-table-filters/11641/2 "2019-01-30T22:03:31Z")

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I don’t even know if I should respond since it’s been 2 years 🤔  
I’d just make some custom properties on the Root Container and assign them values on the page open and use those variables in your query to automatically filter the table.

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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/initial-values-on-power-table-filters/11641/3 "2019-04-01T23:07:15Z")

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For posterity...

> [@Script filtering on Power Table](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-filtering-on-power-table/23673):
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> Am I able to script the filtering functionality on a power table? I have a datasource (Sepasoft) that can’t be manipulated, and I would like to remove rows on condition. I can do this manually in runtime, but I’d like to be able to have the table load with this filter in place. Thanks