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FilterZen: Feedback Forum > Equals is not Equals with choice/lookup filter

Hello Support,

We have a choice field that supports multiple choices: A and B
Thus we have the following possibilities:
A
B
A;#B

But we cannot configure te choice or lookup field to only show A results without the A;#B results.
So choice A with condition "equal" is not really "equal".
I suppose this is a bug. Because I could also choose "contains" if I wanted both.

Kind regards,
Mario

September 2, 2010 at 22:34 | Unregistered CommenterMario

This is simply how SharePoint multi-choice fields work actually. We're not sending "contains", when you select A the Filter Web Part actually tells SharePoint "give me only those where the multi-choice column value equals exactly A" -- but SharePoint will interpret this, for multi-value choice fields, as "A is in the set of selected values, therefore the record is a match".

September 3, 2010 at 1:12 | Registered CommenterROXORITY