# So im trying to only display an item in a collection list if the items title is in a variable which is an array

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**Created:** [February 21, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/so-im-trying-to-only-display-an-item-in-a-collection-list-if-the-items-title-is-in-a-variable-which-is-an-array/16741 "2025-02-21T21:33:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![paul121](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@paul121](https://community.weweb.io/u/paul121)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/so-im-trying-to-only-display-an-item-in-a-collection-list-if-the-items-title-is-in-a-variable-which-is-an-array/16741/1 "2025-02-21T21:33:03Z")

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Im trying to display saved job data in my user dashboard. i have saved the title of the job in a variable array and i know what to display the full job details in a list but i cant seem to filter it. ive tried the contain formula but nothing seems to work. any support would be great

cheers

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**Author:** ![joaosander](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/joaosander/32/12584_2.png) [@joaosander](https://community.weweb.io/u/joaosander)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 6:57am UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/so-im-trying-to-only-display-an-item-in-a-collection-list-if-the-items-title-is-in-a-variable-which-is-an-array/16741/3 "2025-02-25T06:57:29Z")

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So u getting the job data from maybe “Job Collection” Using it on a list component to show the job data and u have tried to filter by using the user id?

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**Author:** ![paul121](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@paul121](https://community.weweb.io/u/paul121)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/so-im-trying-to-only-display-an-item-in-a-collection-list-if-the-items-title-is-in-a-variable-which-is-an-array/16741/4 "2025-02-25T16:41:28Z")

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sorry buddy. the AI got it working great. cheers though