# Filter Configuration Text File **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [January 9, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/filter-configuration-text-file/865725 "2024-01-09T15:48:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![habibbhattiimagine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@habibbhattiimagine](https://forums.plex.tv/u/habibbhattiimagine)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/filter-configuration-text-file/865725/1 "2024-01-09T15:48:18Z")
I have multiple Smart collections with various filters, that are dozens of lines long. In the future it would be nice if there was a way to write these filters on a .txt file and upload it as a configuration that it reads. These filter collections could also be shared with the community then easily also. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/filter-configuration-text-file/865725/2 "2024-01-09T16:00:55Z")
There’s already an existing suggestion discussing an option to import filter rules from a local file (although that suggestion tries to solve this with a CSV file to reflect property / filter mode / filter criteria, it’s aiming for a similar/same mechanism). Please comment/vote in that thread in order to help us avoid distracting or cannibalizing votes. Unless I’m missing some unique aspect of your suggestion I’ll close this thread as a duplicate. > [@Create Smart playlist from CSV](https://forums.plex.tv/t/create-smart-playlist-from-csv/727088): > > It would be nice to be able to create a Smart playlist from a CSV. I know rule groups would be a hurdle, but an easier place to start would be say - We have a CSV with three columns. It could be three columns to represent the three pieces of a smart playlist - Criteria such as Album Title / Artist Title / whatever, Contains / Is / Is Not / whatever, search term. This would allow people to take lists like Rolling Stone’s top 500 albums of all time, dump them into the CSV format Plex wants, the… ---
**Author:** ![habibbhattiimagine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@habibbhattiimagine](https://forums.plex.tv/u/habibbhattiimagine)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/filter-configuration-text-file/865725/3 "2024-01-09T20:15:08Z")
Was not aware of it, ok thank you ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/filter-configuration-text-file/865725/4 "2024-01-09T21:27:42Z")
2024 clean-up: duplicate