# Annotation filter is missing

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/annotation-filter-is-missing/2677>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [April 29, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/annotation-filter-is-missing/2677 "2019-04-29T16:28:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![plantarum](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/plantarum/32/1834_2.png) [@plantarum](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/plantarum)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/annotation-filter-is-missing/2677/1 "2019-04-29T16:28:14Z")

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According to the help page for [help page for annotations](https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/annotations), I should be able to filter for all observations of a species based on the presence of a particular annotation. However, when I open the filter dialog, this option isn’t visible. The dialog I’m actually presented with is:

 ![inat-filters](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/6/66408af033ec7b9f58cf9a1f2d0d5dad6b157c14.png)

Is the annotation option broken, or do I need to do something to enable it?

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**Author:** ![bouteloua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bouteloua/32/1180_2.png) [@bouteloua](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bouteloua)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/annotation-filter-is-missing/2677/2 "2019-04-29T16:34:46Z")

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Not a bug, just a missing feature on the main Observations page. You have to use the filters on Identify or edit the URL in order to display them on the Observations search page. The developers will be incorporating it when they redesign the Observations page, hopefully soon!

Larval lepidoptera:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/5/5a17d79df215da0a2b0f83e8997d40f8cab291cd.png)  
[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?term\_id=1&term\_value\_id=6&taxon\_id=47157](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?term_id=1&term_value_id=6&taxon_id=47157)  
Remove `/identify` from the URL to get:  
[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?term\_id=1&term\_value\_id=6&taxon\_id=47157](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?term_id=1&term_value_id=6&taxon_id=47157)

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**Author:** ![bouteloua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bouteloua/32/1180_2.png) [@bouteloua](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bouteloua)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/annotation-filter-is-missing/2677/3 "2019-05-05T10:56:03Z")

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