# Case-sensitivity in filters

**URL:** <https://community.amazonquick.com/t/case-sensitivity-in-filters/9476>\
**Category:** Q&A\
**Tags:** feature-request, filters, quick-sight\
**Created:** [January 27, 2023, 12:35am UTC](https://community.amazonquick.com/t/case-sensitivity-in-filters/9476 "2023-01-27T00:35:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![David\_Wong](https://d2orw1595917va.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.amazonquick.com/david_wong/32/15630_2.png) [@David\_Wong](https://community.amazonquick.com/u/David_Wong)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 12:35am UTC](https://community.amazonquick.com/t/case-sensitivity-in-filters/9476/1 "2023-01-27T00:35:02Z")

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When the filter type is “Custom filter” (equals, contains, starts with, etc), it would be great if we could get an option to specify if we want it to be case-sensitive or not. Most of the time, we don’t want it to be case-sensitive but that’s currently the only option.

The workaround of creating a calculated field (at the analysis, dataset or data source level) that’s all in lower case doesn’t always work.

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**Author:** ![Wakana](https://d2orw1595917va.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.amazonquick.com/wakana/32/3520_2.png) [@Wakana](https://community.amazonquick.com/u/Wakana)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 2:43am UTC](https://community.amazonquick.com/t/case-sensitivity-in-filters/9476/2 "2023-01-27T02:43:33Z")

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hi @David_Wong

Thank you for posting your request.  
At AWS, our roadmap is primarily driven by our customers. Your feedback helps us build a better service. I have noted this in our internal feature request tracker.

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**Author:** ![Wakana](https://d2orw1595917va.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.amazonquick.com/wakana/32/3520_2.png) [@Wakana](https://community.amazonquick.com/u/Wakana)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 2:43am UTC](https://community.amazonquick.com/t/case-sensitivity-in-filters/9476/3 "2023-01-27T02:43:39Z")

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