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title: Activate the entity filters
description: Activate the entity filters directly from the form by adding the Active check box to the layout. This field is hidden by default. Follow the steps in this section to make it visible.
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breadcrumb: [Setting up pillars, entity types, entity filters, and entities, Configure, Operational Resilience, Governance, Risk, and Compliance]
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# Activate the entity filters

Activate the entity filters directly from the form by adding the Active check box to the layout. This field is hidden by default. Follow the steps in this section to make it visible.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_oper\_res.manager

## Procedure

1.  Select and hold \(or right-click\) on the page header in the Entity Filter record and select **Configure > Form Layout**.

    \[Omitted image "ent-fil-conf-form-layout.png"\] Alt text: Form layout.

    If you see the option to try the Form Builder, you can select **Not now**.

    \[Omitted image "ent-fil-form-builder.png"\] Alt text: Option.

    You can select **Edit this section** in the "Configuring Entity Filter" form so that the picker list is displayed.

    \[Omitted image "ent-fil-edit-section.png"\] Alt text: Edit.

2.  Select **Edit this section** in the "Configuring Entity Filter" form so that the picker list is displayed.

    The Edit this section option is shown in the example.

    \[Omitted image "ent-fil-edit-section.png"\] Alt text: Edit this section option.

    The picker list for configuring the Entity Type form is displayed.

3.  From the "Available" selection list on the left, select **Active** and use the right arrow to shift it to the "Selected" list.

    \[Omitted image "ent-fil-active-field-selected.png"\] Alt text: Selected.

4.  Select **Save**.

    On the Entity Filter page, a check box with the Active label is displayed.

5.  To activate the Entity filter, select the **Active** check box.

    \[Omitted image "ent-fil-active-field-on-form.png"\] Alt text: Activate the Entity filter.

    Once this change is made for one entity filter, all the other records within the Entity filters list have the Active option set to **True** by default.

6.  Test the filter using the **Update entities from filter** button after adding or modifying the filter.

    This action updates the entities in the Entities tab based on the filters configured on the Filters tab.

    \[Omitted image "update-ent-from-filters.png"\] Alt text: Updates the entities in the Entities tab.