# Report view UX improvements when filtering on category
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/report-view-ux-improvements-when-filtering-on-category/93245
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [July 26, 2018, 11:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/report-view-ux-improvements-when-filtering-on-category/93245 "2018-07-26T23:30:14Z")
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### Author:  [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2018, 11:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/report-view-ux-improvements-when-filtering-on-category/93245/1 "2018-07-26T23:30:14Z")
I would like to improve the `/admin/reports/xxx` page category filtering . This improvement would require two tasks:
- Check every report for category filtering: should make sure that each report in `report.rb` which could potentially be filtered on category have it, that `report_spec.rb` tests it and than the category filter is correctly shown on the page.
- It should make the difference between parent and child category. If you select parent category it should always include children.
@misaka4e21 would you be interested to work on this? I can offer any assistance and review you need on this.
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### Author:  [@misaka4e21](https://meta.discourse.org/u/misaka4e21)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/report-view-ux-improvements-when-filtering-on-category/93245/2 "2018-07-29T21:27:00Z")
So, is it true that the two tasks are:
1. Test category filtering in `report_spec.rb`
2. Include child category data in their parent category’s report
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### Author:  [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2018, 1:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/report-view-ux-improvements-when-filtering-on-category/93245/3 "2018-07-30T13:38:40Z")
We need to make sure sub categories are included in parent categories, eg:
First one is filtered on: Support-\>wordpress and we see there are 2 flags 24th march 2018 but second screen is Filtering only on Support and we don’t see these 2 flags on 24th march 2018:
Also it’s not only about tests about category filtering in report\_spec.rb, there are already tests for some of them. It’s in multiple parts:
- checking if any report doesn’t support category filtering today and you think should support it and then add it
- add category filtering tests to any report that support category filtering
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2018, 7:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/report-view-ux-improvements-when-filtering-on-category/93245/4 "2018-08-01T07:29:07Z")
Also, many of the current reports in admin are missing the category dropdown even though it is applicable, that needs fixing sooner rather than later.
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### Author:  [@misaka4e21](https://meta.discourse.org/u/misaka4e21)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2018, 9:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/report-view-ux-improvements-when-filtering-on-category/93245/5 "2018-08-01T09:21:25Z")
Making some changes about [Report view UX improvements when filtering on category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/report-view-ux-improvements-when-filtering-on-category/93245)
[Comparing discourse:master…misaka4e21:report-specs · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/compare/master...misaka4e21:report-specs?expand=1)
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/6241](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/6241)
Currently implemented:
- category\_filtering
1. report\_top\_referred\_topics
2. report\_top\_traffic\_sources
3. report\_post\_edit
- category\_filtering with subcategory topics
1. report\_top\_referred\_topics
2. report\_top\_traffic\_sources
3. report\_post\_edit
4. report\_posts
5. report\_topics
6. report\_topics\_with\_no\_response
- category\_filtering tests (without subcategory topics)
1. report\_posts
2. report\_topics\_with\_no\_response
- subcategory topics tests
1. `in_category_and_subcategories` in `topic_spec.rb`
2. flags and topics\_with\_no\_response in `report_spec.rb`