After you set up your Topic search criteria and generate results, Agility provides a wide range of filters to help you refine, narrow, and analyse your coverage. These tools appear in the second row at the top of your results page.
Once you’ve applied your filters, you can keep them active while you:
switch between topics, or
move between Results and Topic Setup
Use the tool (wrench) button to:
Lock Filters
Unlock Filters
Clear All Filters
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🔹 When Should I Use Filters?
Filters help you temporarily narrow your Topic results without changing your Topic itself.
Common reasons to use filters include:
finding a specific article
focusing on one publication or journalist
reviewing a particular date range
narrowing results for reporting
hiding similar online articles
Filters only affect your current view and do not permanently change your Topic.
🔹 Filter by Date
Agility displays the last 24 hours of mentions by default, but you can expand or customise this range.
Click the calendar icon.
Choose a preset range (Last 24 hours, Last 3 days, Last 7 days, Last 30 days) or select Custom.
🔹 Open the Filters Panel
Click the filter icon next to the keyword field to open the full Filters panel on the left.
You can filter by:
Keywords
Authors
Outlets
Audience / Impressions
AVE
Sentiment
Media Types
Country
Prov/State
Languages
Similar
Hashtags
Domain Authority Score
All filters can be combined to help you narrow in on exactly what you need.
🔹 Filter by Keywords
Keyword filters allow you to narrow mentions within an existing Topic—ideal when your Topic includes multiple brands, products, or themes.
Simple keyword filtering
In the Filters panel, select Keywords.
Type the word or phrase you want to find.
Click Apply.
Boolean logic (OR / AND / NOT)
Use Boolean operators for more advanced filtering inside your results.
Example search intent:
Discover OR Defender, but NOT Sport, and must include Land Rover
In Keywords:
OR – any of these words
AND – must include
NOT – must exclude
Add your keywords, then click Apply to return only the most relevant clips.
Tip: Keyword filters only narrow the results already returned by your Topic. They do not change your Topic search or retrieve additional coverage.
🔹Filter by keyword position
You can specify where the keyword appears:
Headline
Lead paragraph
Body
For example, show only mentions where PR CoPilot appears in the headline or lead.
🔹 Filter by Authors and Outlets
This filter shows which journalists or publications are driving your coverage.
Lists are sorted by volume (highest first).
Numbers indicate how many mentions each author or outlet contributed.
Select one or more names, then click Apply.
Selecting an author or outlet filters your existing results. It does not search Agility for additional coverage by that author or publication.
🔹 Filter by Impressions and AVE
Impressions – set minimum and/or maximum potential views
AVE – set minimum and/or maximum Advertising Value Equivalency
This helps you focus on high-impact or high-value coverage.
🔹 Filter by Sentiment, Media Type, Geography, and Language
Refine your results by:
Sentiment — available in 25 languages
Media Types — online, print, broadcast, social
Country or Prov/State
Language — filter by language while still being able to translate if needed
All filters can be used together.
🔹 Group Similar Articles
Use the Similar filter to group near-duplicate online articles and hide repetition.
In the Filters panel, select Similar.
Turn Group ON, then click Apply.
Click Hide in your results to show only the newest version of each grouped article.
Note: This feature does not apply to print content.
Why am I still seeing duplicate articles?
Some online articles cannot be grouped as similar, for example when:
they have substantially different headlines,
the content has been significantly changed,
different providers supply different versions.
In these cases, the mentions remain separate.
🔹 Filter by Hashtags
The Hashtags filter displays all hashtags found in your current results. You can:
See which tags appear most often
Filter mentions by a specific hashtag
This is helpful for campaign analysis and tracking social discussion themes.
🔹 Filter by Domain Authority Score
Domain Authority (Moz DA) helps you understand the influence level of each source.
Score range: 1–100
Higher scores ≈ more authoritative websites
Set a minimum and/or maximum DA to focus on the outlets that matter most.
For more, see: What is Domain Authority?
🔹 Lock, Unlock, or Clear Filters
Once your filters are set:
Lock Filters to keep them active while navigating
Unlock Filters to return to default
Clear All Filters to remove everything at once
These controls are found under the tool (wrench) icon.
Can I delete an article from my Topic?
You cannot delete an individual mention from your Topic results.
Topic results display every mention that matches your Topic search criteria.
If you don't want to include a mention in your reporting, save only the relevant coverage to a folder in Saved Coverage.
If you're seeing duplicate online articles, use the Similar filter to group or hide them.
Why can't I find an article using filters?
Filters only refine the results already returned by your Topic.
If an article does not appear before filters are applied, review your Topic search or see How to Manually Find and Add Online Coverage in Agility.
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