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An introduction to filters
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- Profile Filters: data saved to the recipient's profile
- Activity Filters: actions that a recipient did or did not perform
- Geolocation; the approximate location of a recipient
- Device Filters: the device that a recipient has used in the past
On the filters summary page we added two new feature to the actions menu - "Use in email search" and "Use in SMS search" - to quickly search recipients using that filter.
Test a filter
With Mailup 8.8 you can now test a filter as you create it or edit it by performing a real-time email or SMS search that returns the number of subscribers that match the filter (great feature improving your productivity 
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From the example below we tested an activity filter while working on its condition and it returned 2 subscribers
When filters are used
Filters are used for many different purposes in your MailUp admin console.
- They are shown in the advanced advanced search options options when you are looking for specific recipients
- They are also shown at the time you you set up a mailing, allowing you to narrow the list of recipients that will receive your message
- They can be used to create create Groups. For example, you could move into a new group called "Male under 30 in NYC" every recipient that meets the filters "Male", "Under 30", and located in "New York" (assuming you saved that information in the recipients databasethe recipients' database)
- They can also be used to send targeted targeted triggered messages. For example, a "Thank You" note could be sent to customers that match the filter "Latest order date was 30 days ago" (the order date could be saved to the recipients database the recipients' database by using an ecommerce integration)an ecommerce integration)
- They are also shown at the time you set up a new recurring automated campaign via Email
- Finally, they can be used together with with dynamic content, another advanced feature that allows you to dynamically change the content of a message when certain conditions are met
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All in all, filters are one of the most |
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Filters and the Marketing+ package
Your MailUp account comes with a few, default filters. In order to be able to add and edit multiple filters, you will need to add the Marketing+ package to your account.
On the filters summary page, through the actions menu, you can quickly:
- edit, create a copy or delete a filter,
- search recipients using the selected filter in the email (Use in email search) and in the SMS (Use in SMS search).
