# Is In - Where can it be used?

**URL:** <https://community.tulip.co/t/is-in-where-can-it-be-used/14025>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** is-in\
**Created:** [March 3, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/is-in-where-can-it-be-used/14025 "2025-03-03T18:58:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![jmlowden](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tulip.co/jmlowden/32/8645_2.png) [@jmlowden](https://community.tulip.co/u/jmlowden)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/is-in-where-can-it-be-used/14025/1 "2025-03-03T18:58:54Z")

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Lately I’ve been running into a wall (perhaps due to using an older LTS, but perhaps not) where the thing I am trying to do (e.g. filter a table/analytic) would work great if there was an option to include a table record if its content “ **Is In** ” a list of options (i.e. an array or delimited string) - sort of a _ **reverse “Contains”** _.

I know I have seen “Is In” as an option somewhere within Tulip but it isn’t coming to mind where.

I am curious to know where this is and is not an option for queries/filters/etc. in the current LTS, then I can check if my issue is due to version or not.

Also, is there a reason why Is In or Is Not In would not be available for any of the query/filter use cases?

Are there known workarounds to achieve a reverse “Contains” result?

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**Author:** ![thorsten.langner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@thorsten.langner](https://community.tulip.co/u/thorsten.langner)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 8:09am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/is-in-where-can-it-be-used/14025/2 "2025-03-04T08:09:50Z")

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Filters on the interactive table widget provide an is in option.  
I also miss it on other places e.g. on conditional formatting…