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# filterObjRef()

- Package: [@gooddata/sdk-model](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-model/index.md)
- Kind: function
- Source: https://github.com/gooddata/gooddata-ui-sdk/blob/rel/11.64/libs/sdk-model/src/execution/filter/index.ts

Gets reference to object being used for filtering.

**Signature:**

```typescript
export declare function filterObjRef(filter: IFilter): ObjRef | undefined;
```

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| filter | [IFilter](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-model/sdk-model.ifilter/index.md) | filter to work with |

**Returns:**

[ObjRef](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-model/sdk-model.objref/index.md) | undefined

reference to object used for filtering (display form for attr filters, data set for date filters), undefined  for measure value filters and ranking filters

## Remarks

For attribute filters, this will be reference to the display form. For date filters this will be reference to the data set. For measure value filter and ranking filter, this will be undefined.