A computing system , comprising: a configuration management database, CMDB, configured to store activity related to a managed client network ; a graphical user interface, GUI, configured to be executed by a processor of the computing system, wherein the computing system is configured to perform actions comprising: presenting a data set from the CMDB on a table of the GUI , wherein the table comprises a column for each field of the data set and a row for each record of the data set; receiving a selection input indicative of a particular field of a particular row or a particular column heading of a particular column from the table of the GUI ; receiving a drag input indicative of the particular field or the particular column heading being dragged to a filter section of the GUI ; receiving a drop input indicative of the particular field or the particular column heading being dropped into the filter section of the GUI ; creating, in response to the drop input, a filter based on a value of the particular field or values of the particular column and visually presenting the filter in the filter section ; initiating, in response to the drop input, a filter operation on the data set to generate a filtered data set using the filter; and presenting the filtered data set on the table of the GUI . a configuration management database, CMDB, configured to store activity related to a managed client network ; a graphical user interface, GUI, configured to be executed by a processor of the computing system, wherein the computing system is configured to perform actions comprising: presenting a data set from the CMDB on a table of the GUI , wherein the table comprises a column for each field of the data set and a row for each record of the data set; receiving a selection input indicative of a particular field of a particular row or a particular column heading of a particular column from the table of the GUI ; receiving a drag input indicative of the particular field or the particular column heading being dragged to a filter section of the GUI ; receiving a drop input indicative of the particular field or the particular column heading being dropped into the filter section of the GUI ; creating, in response to the drop input, a filter based on a value of the particular field or values of the particular column and visually presenting the filter in the filter section ; initiating, in response to the drop input, a filter operation on the data set to generate a filtered data set using the filter; and presenting the filtered data set on the table of the GUI . presenting a data set from the CMDB on a table of the GUI , wherein the table comprises a column for each field of the data set and a row for each record of the data set; receiving a selection input indicative of a particular field of a particular row or a particular column heading of a particular column from the table of the GUI ; receiving a drag input indicative of the particular field or the particular column heading being dragged to a filter section of the GUI ; receiving a drop input indicative of the particular field or the particular column heading being dropped into the filter section of the GUI ; creating, in response to the drop input, a filter based on a value of the particular field or values of the particular column and visually presenting the filter in the filter section ; initiating, in response to the drop input, a filter operation on the data set to generate a filtered data set using the filter; and presenting the filtered data set on the table of the GUI . <EOS>