Filtering a Work Item List
Filtering a list of work items involves entering filter criteria so that only some of the work items are shown in the list, rather than all of them. Filtering a list of work items allows you to display only the work items you are interested in.
For example, you may only be interested in work items that arrived in the work item list after Dec. 15, 2007. You can filter the list so that only those work items are shown.
The filtering function allows you to build a “filter expression” that is applied to all work items in the list. If the work item satisfies the filter expression (e.g., it arrived after Dec. 15, 2007), it is shown in the work item list; if it does not satisfy the filter expression, it is not shown in the list (and is not downloaded from the server).
Because filtering work item lists is basically the same as filtering other types of lists in Workspace (with the exception of the specific fields on which you can filter), details of filtering is explained in a single chapter — see Filtering Lists.