Filter List Screens by Logged-in User Properties

This guide is for app makers building in the NotionApps builder.

It explains how to make one list screen show different rows for different people — based on properties on their user profile — without duplicating the screen for every store, team, or location.

Note

Availability: Pro and above

Logged-in user property filters are available on Pro, Premium, and Enterprise subscriptions. They are not available on Free or Plus.

If you only remember one sentence:

On a list’s Filtering section, you can set a filter value to Logged-in user property so Tasks.Store matches whatever Store is on the person who is currently logged in.

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Who this is for

Use this guide if you:

• Build or edit apps in the builder
• Have list screens (Tasks, Orders, Tickets, Restaurants, etc.)
• Want each employee to see only their rows on a shared list
• Are tired of cloning the same list once per store and wiring Screen Visibility Logic on every clone

You do not need this guide for:

• Hiding an entire screen from some roles (that is still Screen Visibility Logic)
• Letting end users change filters themselves in the live app (that is In-App Filtering)
• Database-wide access rules (that is Data Restriction, configured separately)

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The idea in plain language

Today, a normal list filter looks like this:

Show tasks where Store equals "North"

That value "North" is fixed. Everyone who opens the list sees North tasks only.

The new option lets you write:

Show tasks where Store equals (the Store on the logged-in user)

So:

• When User A (Store = North) opens Tasks → User A sees North tasks
• When User B (Store = South) opens the same Tasks screen → User B sees South tasks
• You maintain one screen instead of three

That is all this feature is: a smarter kind of filter value on a list.

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Full example: multi-store Tasks app

Walk through this example once. Everything else in the guide is the same pattern with different property names.

Your data

Tasks database:

Task	Store	Status
Restock milk	North	Open
Fix freezer	South	Open
Clean lobby	East	Open
Count till	North	Open

Users (employees who log into the app):

Employee	Email	Store
User A	user-a@example.com	North
User B	user-b@example.com	South
User C	user-c@example.com	East

What you want

Person	Opens	Should see
User A	Tasks	Restock milk, Count till
User B	Tasks	Fix freezer
User C	Tasks	Clean lobby

The old way (what you can stop doing)

1. Duplicate Tasks → “North Tasks”, “South Tasks”, “East Tasks”
2. On North Tasks, set filter Store equals North (fixed value)
3. On North Tasks, set Screen Visibility so only North users can open it
4. Repeat for South and East
5. Hit screen limits as you add more stores

The new way (what this guide teaches)

1. Keep a single Tasks list
2. Turn on Allow logged-in user property filters for that list
3. In Filtering, set:
   Store equals Logged-in user property → Store
4. Publish and test as User A and User B

No per-store clones. No Screen Visibility rules for this pattern.

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Before you start (maker checklist)

1. Your databases need matching properties

For the Tasks example to work:

1. The Users database (the people who log in) must have a property such as Store.
2. The Tasks database must have a property such as Store.
3. Those two properties should be the same kind of field:
   • both Select with the same options, or
   • both Relation pointing at the same Stores database
     Mixing unrelated types (text vs relation, different option sets) usually gives empty or surprising results.

Rename freely in your app — the property does not have to be called “Store”. Common alternatives: Location, Team, Region, Branch, Department, Restaurant.

2. Every user who should see rows needs that property filled in

If User A’s Store is blank, User A’s Tasks list will be empty.
That is intentional safety behavior: the app will not “show everything” when it cannot tell which store User A belongs to.

Before you test, open your Users data and confirm each test employee has Store set.

3. Your subscription must be Pro or above

Logged-in user property filters require a Pro, Premium, or Enterprise plan. They are not included on Free or Plus.

In the builder, on a list screen, look for a section titled:

Logged-in user property filters

with a switch:

Allow logged-in user property filters

What you see	What it means
Switch works; you can turn it On	Your plan includes the feature — continue this guide
Switch is disabled / locked, with a message that the feature is not available on your plan or has been disabled	Your plan is below Pro, or the feature has been disabled for this account/app. Upgrade to Pro or above, or ask your NotionApps admin/support contact to enable it. You cannot unlock this yourself from the builder.

Until that switch can be turned on, stick with fixed-value filters (the classic behavior).

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Step-by-step: set up the Tasks example

Step 1 — Open the list screen

1. Open your application in the builder.
2. Select the Tasks list screen in the left navigation or preview (the one shared list — not a store-specific clone).
3. Keep the right-hand configuration panel open for that list.

You should be editing a List screen. Forms, detail pages, and visibility-only settings are the wrong place for this feature.

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Step 2 — Allow logged-in user property filters on this list

On the Tasks list inspector, find:

Logged-in user property filters

1. Turn Allow logged-in user property filters On.

What this switch does:

Setting	Effect
On	This list is allowed to use filter values of type Logged-in user property
Off	This list only allows classic Fixed value filters (same for every user)

Important details:

• This switch is per list. Turning it on for Tasks does not change Orders unless you do the same there.
• Turning the switch On alone does not filter anything yet. You still have to add a filter in the next step.
• Turning it Off later disables user-property filters on that list only (handy if you want to revert one screen without affecting others).

Help text on the section (paraphrased) explains that you can compare a list property to a property on the logged-in user’s profile — for example Store on the list equals Store on the user.

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Step 3 — Open Filtering (not Screen Visibility)

Still on the Tasks list, open the Filtering section.

Caution

Easy mistake
Screen Visibility Logic controls whether someone can open the screen at all.
Filtering controls which rows appear once they are on the list.

This feature lives under Filtering.
If you only edit Screen Visibility, you will never see the new “Logged-in user property” value type for list rows.

Also do not confuse this with In-App Filtering:

Section	Who configures it	Who changes it while using the app
Filtering (this guide)	You, the maker	Nobody — it is fixed by you (but can be dynamic per user)
In-App Filtering	You enable columns	End users pick their own filter values
Screen Visibility Logic	You, the maker	Nobody — hides or shows the whole screen

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Step 4 — Add the Store filter

1. Add a new filter condition (or edit an existing Store filter).
2. Set the left-hand property to Store from the Tasks database (the list’s data).
3. Set the operator to equals (or the closest match your UI offers).
4. Find the value type control for that filter row. You should now see two choices:

Value type	Meaning
Fixed value	You pick a specific Store (North, South, …). Same for every user.
Logged-in user property	You pick a property from the logged-in user’s profile. Different per user.

5. Choose Logged-in user property.
6. When prompted for which user property, choose Store (the Store on the user profile — not a fixed “North” option).

You have now said:

Tasks.Store  equals  Logged-in user’s Store

If you do not see “Logged-in user property”

Check in order:

1. Is Allow logged-in user property filters On for this list? (Step 2)
2. Are you in Filtering, not Screen Visibility?
3. Is the switch locked because the app is not entitled? Ask admin/support.
4. Did you refresh / reopen the list after the feature was enabled?

Optional: combine with a normal fixed filter

You can add a second condition that still uses Fixed value, for example:

• Status equals Open

Then User A sees North tasks that are Open.
User B sees South tasks that are Open.
Both conditions must be true.

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Step 5 — Save / publish

1. Save your builder changes as you normally would.
2. Publish the app so end users get the new filter behavior.

Until you publish, people on the live link may still see the old unfiltered (or old cloned) lists.

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Step 6 — Test the way a real employee would

Do not only glance at the builder preview if you can help it. Log into the published app (or use whatever “view as user” tooling you have) as two different people.

Test A — User A (Store = North)

1. Log in as User A.
2. Open Tasks.
3. Expect: Restock milk, Count till.
   Do not expect: Fix freezer, Clean lobby.

Test B — User B (Store = South)

1. Log out; log in as User B.
2. Open the same Tasks screen.
3. Expect: Fix freezer only.

Test C — blank Store (optional)

1. Temporarily clear Store on a test user.
2. Open Tasks as that user.
3. Expect: no tasks.
4. Put Store back; confirm rows return.

If Test A and Test B both see the full unfiltered list, jump to Troubleshooting.

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Step 7 — Clean up old clones (when you are ready)

After the single filtered list works:

1. Point navigation to the one Tasks list.
2. Remove or unpublish “North Tasks / South Tasks / East Tasks” clones.
3. Remove Screen Visibility rules that only existed to support those clones.

You can keep Screen Visibility for unrelated needs (for example, an Admin-only Dashboard). You just no longer need it to fake per-store lists.

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Another short example (same steps, different names)

Scenario: Support tickets should show only tickets for the agent’s Team.

Database	Property
Tickets list	Team
Users	Team

Maker steps (abbreviated):

1. Open the Tickets list.
2. Turn Allow logged-in user property filters On.
3. In Filtering: Team equals Logged-in user property → Team.
4. Publish.
5. Log in as an agent on Team Alpha vs Team Beta and confirm different ticket sets.

Same feature, different property label.

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What end users experience

End users do not configure this.

They simply open the list and already see “their” rows. They will not see a special “logged-in user property” control. That control exists only in the builder for you.

They also should not be able to discover other stores’ rows through normal search or by opening a shared link to a row outside their filter — the platform enforces the filter when the feature is on.

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Fixed value vs Logged-in user property (decision guide)

Ask yourself:

Should every person who opens this list see the same filtered set, or a set that depends on who they are?

Answer	Use
Same for everyone (for example always hide Archived)	Fixed value
Depends on the person (their store, team, region)	Logged-in user property

You can use both on the same list:

Store  equals  Logged-in user property → Store     ← dynamic
AND
Status equals  Open                                ← fixed

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Common mistakes (read this if it “does nothing”)

Mistake 1 — Toggle On, but value type still Fixed

Turning on Allow logged-in user property filters only unlocks the new value type.
You must still open Filtering and change that filter’s value type to Logged-in user property.

Mistake 2 — Editing Screen Visibility instead of Filtering

Screen Visibility can already talk about the logged-in user for showing/hiding the whole screen, but it does not replace list row filters, and it does not use this new dual value-type control for content filtering.

For “same screen, different rows,” use Filtering.

Mistake 3 — Property mismatch

Examples that fail:

• Tasks.Store is a Relation; Users.Store is a Text string “North”
• Tasks uses option North Branch; Users uses option North
• You filtered Tasks.Location but selected Users.Store by accident

Align names, types, and actual values in the source data.

Mistake 4 — Testing with only one user

If you only ever log in as yourself, you cannot tell whether the filter is dynamic. Always test with two users who have different Store (or Team) values.

Mistake 5 — Expecting empty Store to show everything

Empty user property → empty list. Fill the user profile, or temporarily use a fixed filter while you clean data.

Mistake 6 — Leaving old clone screens in the nav

People may still open “South Tasks” (fixed filter) instead of the new shared Tasks list. Update navigation after you migrate.

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Turning the feature off for one list

If a list starts behaving wrongly and you need a quick revert:

1. Open that list in the builder.
2. Set Allow logged-in user property filters to Off.
3. Publish.

User-property filter values on that list stop applying. Your fixed-value filters keep working. Other lists are unchanged.

You can also delete or change the specific filter condition back to Fixed value if you only want to undo one condition.

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Troubleshooting for makers

What you see	Likely cause	What to do
“Allow…” switch locked	Plan is Free/Plus, or feature disabled for this app	Upgrade to Pro or above, or contact admin/support to enable logged-in user property filters
No “Logged-in user property” in the value menu	Per-list switch is Off, or you are in the wrong section	Turn the switch On; edit Filtering on a List
Everyone sees all rows	Still using Fixed value, or not published	Set value type correctly; publish; hard-refresh the live app
Everyone sees zero rows	User Store empty or properties don’t match	Fix Users data; confirm property types
Only my user looks correct	Others have wrong/missing Store	Audit the Users database
Preview looks fine, live app doesn’t	Not published / cached old build	Publish again; retest in a private window
I changed Visibility and nothing happened	Wrong feature surface	Use list Filtering as in this guide

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Limits makers should know

• Requires a Pro or above subscription (Pro, Premium, Enterprise). Not available on Free or Plus.
• This is for list Filtering (which rows appear on a list). It is not a redesign of Screen Visibility.
• It does not replace Data Restriction. If your org already uses Data Restriction for hard database ACL, keep that; this feature is the list-level “show the right rows on this screen” tool.
• If the logged-in user’s property is missing, the list shows no matching rows rather than all rows.
• You need the per-list allow switch On before the new value type appears.

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Quick checklist (print / paste into a ticket)

• Account is on Pro or above (not Free or Plus)
• Users database has the property (for example Store) filled for test users
• List database has a matching property (for example Store)
• Open the one shared list in the builder
• Allow logged-in user property filters → On
• Open Filtering (not Screen Visibility, not In-App Filtering)
• Add/edit filter: list property equals
• Value type → Logged-in user property
• Pick the matching user property
• Optional: add fixed filters (Status = Open, etc.)
• Publish
• Log in as User A and User B with different property values
• Confirm each sees only their rows
• Remove old per-store list clones when ready

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One-page recipe (copy this)

Goal: One Tasks list, filtered by each employee’s Store.

1. Builder → select Tasks list
2. Logged-in user property filters → allow On
3. Filtering → Store equals Logged-in user property → Store
4. Publish
5. Test as User A (North) and User B (South)

That is the whole feature for makers.

Other filter values on the same list

The same Filtering section can also use:

• Nested and / or / not groups (up to 3 levels)
• Logged-in user (the person, not a property)
• Current row / Current row property on related lists
• Today, Now, Start of week, Start of month
• URL parameter — a missing query key matches no rows

Walkthrough: Filter lists with groups and dynamic values. Release notes: 15 Sep 2026 Release.

Updates in the 9 Aug 2026 release

• Logged-in user property filters can use relation fields on the user profile (for example Client or Company), not only selects/text.
• Combine with App audience when queues must also respect tenancy.
• Release notes: 9 Aug 2026 Release.

Annotated builder screenshots

Complete Builder Options Reference

These controls live on List Content. Full inventory: List (View Items) and List (Update Items).

Content → Filtering

Logged-in user property filters

What it does: Filters list rows by comparing a database property to a property on the signed-in Users row.
How to use it: Enable the toggle (Pro+), then map DB field ↔ user field (for example Store = User.Store).
Why / recommended default: Use for per-person/per-store lists. Do not confuse with Data Restriction (DB-wide) or In-App Filtering (end-user controls).

Data Filtering (fixed conditions)

What it does: Maker-defined filters that always apply.
How to use it: Combine with user-property filters when every user should also see only Open tasks, etc.
Why / recommended default: Keep fixed filters minimal; put personalization in user-property filters.