# Need help filtering a formula **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask us anything\ **Created:** [August 30, 2023, 6:43am UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/need-help-filtering-a-formula/4097 "2023-08-30T06:43:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/mark/32/4163_2.png) [@mark](https://community.weweb.io/u/mark)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 6:43am UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/need-help-filtering-a-formula/4097/1 "2023-08-30T06:43:40Z")
Hi, I have an array called ‘meditationInteractions’. One of the fields is a ‘meditation\_id’. I also have a variable called ‘currentAudio’ which holds an object that also has an id. What I’m trying to do is find the id of the ‘meditationInteraction’ object record, where its ‘meditation\_id’ matches the ‘currentaudio’ ID. I have a split in Weweb that searches to see if a record exists. If it is false, it creates the record. That part is setup and working. What I’m using this formula for is when the record is true, but I need the id so I know what record to update in Xano. Normally I’d use Copilot for this but its rate limit is exceeded at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![raelyn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/raelyn/32/2803_2.png) [@raelyn](https://community.weweb.io/u/raelyn)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 7:03am UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/need-help-filtering-a-formula/4097/2 "2023-08-30T07:03:33Z")
Hey Mark, why don’t you use the GetKeyValue formula to extract out the meditation\_id from the object? ---
**Author:** ![mark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/mark/32/4163_2.png) [@mark](https://community.weweb.io/u/mark)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 7:14am UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/need-help-filtering-a-formula/4097/3 "2023-08-30T07:14:16Z")
Hi, I tried, but I’m not sure how to get it the formula to work correctly to get the result I want. ---
**Author:** ![raelyn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/raelyn/32/2803_2.png) [@raelyn](https://community.weweb.io/u/raelyn)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 7:15am UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/need-help-filtering-a-formula/4097/4 "2023-08-30T07:15:35Z")
Maybe you can show screenshots of what you’ve got so far and where the problem is… ---
**Author:** ![mark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/mark/32/4163_2.png) [@mark](https://community.weweb.io/u/mark)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/need-help-filtering-a-formula/4097/5 "2023-08-30T17:05:05Z")
Actually, I figured it out but I have a new one I’m struggling with thats a little similar. It’s a simple favourite button that allows people to add their mark episodes as favourites. In the picture below I believe I’ve figured out a way to display the element only if there is a meditationInteraction object that has the same meditation\_id as the current items meditation\_id. What I actually want to do is only display it if the meditationInteractions ‘favourite’ record is false, as well as If there is no meditationinteraction record for this collection Item. I already have the workflows that add and remove it from favorites setup and working, its just the displaying the icon that triggers those workflows thats giving me trouble. ![Screenshot 2023-08-30 at 11.04.33 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/weweb/original/2X/f/ff24b75626ee544cbe7e5a4b91f78231506f41d3.png) ---
**Author:** ![luka](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/luka/32/1571_2.png) [@luka](https://community.weweb.io/u/luka)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/need-help-filtering-a-formula/4097/6 "2023-08-30T21:03:03Z")
Edit: You should probably use `lookup` ```auto lookup(item.data.id ,meditationInteractions, "id") ``` this will return the object of the matching meditationInteractions. Keep in mind that if there isnt a meditationInteraction matching it will return undefined After this if you want to see the value of favourite you can do ```auto lookup(item.data.id ,meditationInteractions, "id").favourite ``` ---
**Author:** ![mark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/mark/32/4163_2.png) [@mark](https://community.weweb.io/u/mark)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/need-help-filtering-a-formula/4097/7 "2023-08-30T21:17:33Z")
Thanks! This works, and everytime you guy show me something like this it helps me understand the formulas better for future use cases, so I really appreciate your help. I’m sure I can just use 3 different icons and display them conditionally. 1 if there are no interaction records at all, 1 if there is and the Favourite is false and another if its true.