How Filtering Works
The Valotalive SharePoint app follows your existing SharePoint filtering rules. Filters control which news posts appear on your displays based on how posts are tagged in SharePoint.
Common filter types:
News Type
Audience
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⚠️ Filter values are case sensitive and must match exactly as they appear in SharePoint.
How Filters Are Defined
Valotalive SharePoint filters are based on SharePoint column headers and their values. When setting up a filter, you must know the exact format of the values — including capitalization, spaces, and any special characters.
An example of filter values applied to a tagged SharePoint news post.
Tagging SharePoint News Posts for Display
To display a SharePoint news post on your Valotalive screens, you need to add the correct tag to the post before publishing it.
⚠️ The tag must be added while composing the post - before you publish it. Tags added after publishing will not be picked up by Valotalive.
Valotalive automatically selects posts with the correct tag and ignores any posts without one.
What You Need
Before setting up filters, make sure you have:
Filter views configured in SharePoint Pages
Valotalive SharePoint app activated and authenticated - see MS SharePoint App – Activate and Use
SharePoint news pages (posts) tagged with the filter values you want to use
How to Set Up Filters
Go to Apps and open your SharePoint News app
Go to the Configuration tab and confirm the correct SharePoint site is selected
Under SharePoint list filters, choose a filter type (e.g. News Type or Audience)
Select an equality or relational operator
Enter or select the filter values and click OK
Finish up
Save your changes, then assign your app to a flow or directly to a display.
Video: How to Add Filters to the Valotalive SharePoint App
Watch how to configure filters in the Valotalive SharePoint app:
Having trouble setting up Filters?
If filters are not working as expected, send a screenshot of your SharePoint column view (like the example below) to support@valota.live. This helps the Valotalive team identify the correct column fields and values from the SharePoint API connection.