# Allow filtering & sorting when linking "to many" related entities **URL:** \ **Category:** Ideas & Features\ **Tags:** filter\ **Created:** [March 28, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/allow-filtering-sorting-when-linking-to-many-related-entities/6029 "2024-03-28T16:53:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![interr0bangr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/interr0bangr/32/8089_2.png) [@interr0bangr](https://community.fibery.io/u/interr0bangr)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/allow-filtering-sorting-when-linking-to-many-related-entities/6029/1 "2024-03-28T16:53:46Z")
It drives me crazy that the interface to create/link entities is different depending on if it’s a “to one” or “to many” relation. Maybe there’s a technical reason, but otherwise there’s no reason to not have the same filtering/sorting options for any relationship fields. On [this page about relation/context filters](https://the.fibery.io/@public/User_Guide/Guide/Relation-Filters-and-Sorts-177), it says: > The filters also do not apply when you link an Entity via a search popup: > This popup shows recent items by default instead. > **As usual, if this doesn’t fit your workflow, please let us know via Intercom.** So please consider this my request to have them treated the same and have the filter/sort options added for “to many” relationship fields. ![Facility-Supplies-—-Revenue-Center-Fibery (1)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/f/f71764ed298a00202619ab0a3df9bb4fb4abf398.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/allow-filtering-sorting-when-linking-to-many-related-entities/6029/2 "2024-03-28T17:06:44Z")
> [@interr0bangr](#): > > Maybe there’s a technical reason 👆 Yep, the ‘picker’ mechanism for to-many and to-one relations are different ---
**Author:** ![interr0bangr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/interr0bangr/32/8089_2.png) [@interr0bangr](https://community.fibery.io/u/interr0bangr)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/allow-filtering-sorting-when-linking-to-many-related-entities/6029/3 "2024-03-28T17:14:38Z")
Does the different mechanism make adding filtering impossible? Just want to know if this is ultimately a wasted vote or if its something that might be achieved some day. It’s little inconsistencies like this in Fibery that add a lot of frustration and confusion for our users, but I understand there’s technical challenges that we’re largely ignorant of. ---
**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/allow-filtering-sorting-when-linking-to-many-related-entities/6029/4 "2024-03-28T17:53:34Z")
> [@interr0bangr](#): > > Does the different mechanism make adding filtering impossible? No, not necessarily. > [@interr0bangr](#): > > Just want to know if this is ultimately a wasted vote or if its something that might be achieved some day. It’s a feature in our backlog, so definitely not a wasted vote. ---
**Author:** ![interr0bangr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/interr0bangr/32/8089_2.png) [@interr0bangr](https://community.fibery.io/u/interr0bangr)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/allow-filtering-sorting-when-linking-to-many-related-entities/6029/5 "2025-01-10T23:32:17Z")
Any chance this might be on the horizon anytime soon @mdubakov? It’s a daily frustration for us because it would greatly improve the accuracy and efficiency of some of our processes and it seems crazy that it was only implemented for some relations but not others. With all the other improvements you’ve made recently to global search I’m hoping some would trickle down into the contextual entity search as well. ---
**Author:** ![RonMakesSystems](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/ronmakessystems/32/14122_2.png) [@RonMakesSystems](https://community.fibery.io/u/RonMakesSystems)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/allow-filtering-sorting-when-linking-to-many-related-entities/6029/6 "2025-02-21T19:36:50Z")
Same request here. Ended up changing it to compact list. But would be nice to have it as list ![Screenshot 2025-02-21 at 19.30.15](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/9/977bde3fd2fcba7a51164cc500e3009b87b0680e.png)