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Ability to exclude NULL values in Report Builder filters

  • August 23, 2018
  • 3 replies
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alexa_rosen
We are using a Gainsight report that has three different picklist fields as filters. In order to not have to manually update this report every time a picklist option changes in Salesforce, it would be more efficient to have a Gainsight Report filter functionality that can exclude NULL values (rather than having to say 'Contains *manually select all picklist values*'.

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erik_chase
  • Contributor ⭐️⭐️
  • August 23, 2018
The only workaround I've found is to create a formula field that returns true if those multi-select picklists are null, and then filter by that formula filed equal to false.  Not a great solution, and it would be a lot easier if we could simply filter for nulls.

sai_ram
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  • Expert ⭐️⭐️
  • August 28, 2018
Hi Alexa, Yes, we don't show the Null check-box when you select "Contains, Includes and Excludes" in the filter.

When you change the operator to "Equal-to" or "Not Equal-to" you see the Null checkbox. Does this works for you?

erik_chase
  • Contributor ⭐️⭐️
  • August 28, 2018
On a multi-select picklist filter, the only options are "Includes and Excludes".