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Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 18:55:52 -0500
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+---
+id: filter-catalog
+title: Filtering the Catalog
+description: Filtering the Catalog.
+---
+
+Audience: All
+
+## Overview
+
+The Catalog can be filtered by any combination of owner, kind, type, lifecycle, processing status, namespace, and name. [Customize Filters](../features/software-catalog/catalog-customization.md#customize-filters) provides information on how to modify the available filter criteria.
+
+![Catalog filter options](../assets/uiguide/catalog-filter-options.png)
+
+The [Technical Overview](../overview/technical-overview.md#software-catalog-system-model) provides a description of the types of entities displayed in the catalog.
+
+## Filtering the Catalog
+
+You can filter the Catalog using a combination of the following:
+
+- **Filter by name**
+
+  Enter one or more consecutive letters into the `Filter` field. As you type the letters, the entities whose names do not contain that string will be filtered out of the displayed list.
+
+  ![FIlter catalog by name](../assets/uiguide/filter-by-name.png)
+
+- **FIlter by kind**
+
+  Use the `Kind` dropdown list to select which kind of entity to show in the list:
+  - API
+  - Component
+  - Group
+  - Location
+  - System
+  - Template
+  - User
+
+- **Filter by Type**
+
+  Use the `Type` dropdown list to select which type of entity to show in the list. The selections available in the dropdown list depend on the kind of entity selected in the `Kind` list, and the types of entity you have registered for that kind.
+
+- **Filter by Owner**
+
+  Use the`Owner` dropdown to filter the catalog list by who owns the entity.
+
+- **Filter by Lifecycle**
+
+  Use the `Lifecycle` dropdown to filter the catalog list by lifecycle.
+
+- **Filter by Processing Status**
+
+  Use the `Processing Status` dropdown to restrict the displayed list to only include those entities which are [orphaned](../features/software-catalog/life-of-an-entity.md#orphaning) or [in error](../features/software-catalog/life-of-an-entity.md#errors).
+
+- **Filter by Namespace**
+
+  Use the `Namespace` dropdown to filter the catalog list by namespace associated with the entity.