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AUTOFILTER: Automation filter

ReferenceEntity Reference16/04/2026Updated 16/04/2026
An automation filter condition testing object properties against values with various comparison operators.

AUTOFILTER: Automation filter

An automation filter condition testing object properties against values with various comparison operators.

Default definition. This article describes the default AUTOFILTER definition shipped with DemandFlow. Administrators can add, remove, rename, or re-type fields, change which ones are required, and alter the layout from the Definitions screen in Settings. Your tenant's current schema may differ from what is shown here. To read the current definition at any time, GET the DEFINITION object whose id matches AUTOFILTER.

Entity properties

PropertyValue
Entity codeAUTOFILTER
Display nameAutomation filter
PluralAutomation filters
Level11000

Use cases

System entity for automation filter conditions within the AUTO workflow system. Single-row layout with four inline fields: name, type indexedSelect (firstValue/hasValue/setValue/valueChanged/valueIncreased/valueDecreased/lessThan/greaterThan/startsWith/containsValue/comboKeyContains), property field using entityProperties type with isObjectProperty flag, and value field. Additional comboKey-specific fields (ckProperty for comboKey/comboKey2/comboKey3, ckEntity) appear via visibility conditions.

Fields

General: Basics

FieldTypeRequiredNotes
nametextYesName.
typeenumYesType. Valid ids: firstValue (First property value set), hasValue (Property equals a value), setValue (Property set to a value), valueChanged (Property changed), valueIncreased (Property increased), valueDecreased (Property decreased), lessThan (Property less than a value), greaterThan (Property greater than a value), startsWith (Property starts with), containsValue (Property contains value), comboKeyContains (Object belongs to (comboKey match)).
pentityPropertiesProperty.
vtextValue.
ckPropertyenumComboKey field. Valid ids: comboKey (comboKey), comboKey2 (comboKey2), comboKey3 (comboKey3).
ckEntitytextThe entity key segment to match in the comboKey (e.g. PJ, DEPT, CLIENT)

Relationships

  • No declared relationships in the default definition.

Creating a Automation filter via the API

POST /v1/objects
Authorization: Bearer <your-pat>
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "entity":   "AUTOFILTER",
  "level":    11000,
  "comboKey": "SUB:<your-sub-id>|ENT:",
  "name": "Name",
  "type": "firstValue",
  "v": "Value",
  "ckProperty": "comboKey"
}

Listing Automation filters records

GET /v1/entities/AUTOFILTER/SUB

See also

autofilterautomation filterautomation filtersautomationfilters

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