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# Filtering operators

| Operator            | Reverse Operator    | Parameters   | Type compatibility    | Description                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ------------------- | ------------------- | ------------ | --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| EQUALS              | NOT\_EQUALS         | 1            | Text, Number, Boolean | Equal/not equal to the value.                                                                                                                                                   |
| STARTS\_WITH        | NOT\_STARTS\_WITH   | 1            | Text                  | The text starts/does not start with characters.                                                                                                                                 |
| STARTS\_WITH\_DIGIT | /                   | Optional     | Text                  | The text starts with a digit. The optional parameter is a pair of upper and lower boundaries separated by a comma. For example, "3, 8" means any digit from 3 to 8 is included. |
| ENDS\_WITH          | NOT\_ENDS\_WITH     | 1            | Text                  | The text ends/does not end with characters.                                                                                                                                     |
| INCLUDES            | NOT\_INCLUDES       | 1            | Text                  | The text contains/does not contain the characters.                                                                                                                              |
| LESS                | GREATER             | 1            | Number                | The value is strictly less than/greater than the value.                                                                                                                         |
| LESS\_OR\_EQUALS    | GREATER\_OR\_EQUALS | 1            | Number                | The value is less than or equal to/greater than or equal to the value.                                                                                                          |
| BETWEEN             | /                   | 2            | Number                | The value is included within the values.                                                                                                                                        |
| NULL                | NOT\_NULL           | None         | Text, Number, Boolean | Absence/presence of value.                                                                                                                                                      |
| IN                  | NOT\_IN             | Collection   | Text, Number, Boolean | The value is in/not in the set of values.                                                                                                                                       |
| EXISTS              | NOT\_EXISTS         | 1 (optional) | n/a                   | See below.                                                                                                                                                                      |
| CR\_FILTER\_DOMAIN  | /                   | 1            | n/a                   | `ComplexRelation` specific filter. Includes only complex relations with at least one related asset in the domain.                                                               |

The following table shows samples for each operator. 

<table><thead><tr><th>Operator</th><th>Example</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>EQUALS</td><td><pre><code>{ "Field": { "name": "domainName", "operator": "EQUALS", "value": "New Business Terms" } }
</code></pre></td></tr><tr><td>STARTS_WITH</td><td><pre><code>{ "Field": { "name": "domainName", "operator": "STARTS_WITH", "value": "New" } }
</code></pre></td></tr><tr><td>STARTS_WITH_DIGIT</td><td><pre><code>{ "Field": { "name": "assetName", "operator": "STARTS_WITH_DIGIT" } }
</code></pre></td></tr><tr><td>ENDS_WITH</td><td><pre><code>{ "Field": { "name": "domainName", "operator": "ENDS_WITH", "value": "Terms" } }
</code></pre></td></tr><tr><td>INCLUDES</td><td><pre><code>{ "Field": { "name": "domainName", "operator": "CONTAINS", "value": "Bus" } }
</code></pre></td></tr><tr><td>LESS</td><td><pre><code>{ "Field": { "name": "lastModified", "operator": "GREATER", "value": "1440492290300" } }
</code></pre></td></tr><tr><td>LESS_OR_EQUALS</td><td><pre><code>{ "Field": { "name": "lastModified", "operator": "GREATER_OR_EQUALS", "value": "1440492290300" } }
</code></pre></td></tr><tr><td>BETWEEN</td><td><pre><code>{ "Field": { "name": "lastModified", "operator": "BETWEEN", "values": [ "1440492290300", "1440493000000" } }
</code></pre></td></tr><tr><td>NULL</td><td><pre><code>{ "Field": { "name": "description", "operator": "NULL" } }
</code></pre></td></tr><tr><td>IN</td><td><pre><code>{ "Field": { "name": "statusName", "operator": "IN", "values": [ "New", "In Review" ] } }
</code></pre></td></tr><tr><td>EXISTS</td><td><pre><code>{ "Field": { "target": "RelationSource", "operator": "EXISTS", "value": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000007001", "name": "assetId" } }
</code></pre></td></tr><tr><td>CR_FILTER_DOMAIN</td><td><pre><code>{ "Field": { "operator": "CR_FILTER_DOMAIN", "value": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000006013" } }
</code></pre></td></tr></tbody></table>

{% hint style="info" %}
`EQUALS` and `IN` filters are by default a case sensitive. You can make the filter case insensitive by setting the `caseInsensitive` flag to `true` in the filters body:

```
"Field": { "name": "FullName", "operator": "IN", "caseInsensitive": true, "values": [ "normal", "data quality eDitor" ] }
```

The query matches the lowercase full name to the lowercase values from the `values` section.
{% endhint %}


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