How to filter feeds in InfoLab

Last updated: March 20, 2023

InfoLab is an information processing tool supporting Wide Narrow users to manage feeds and filters in their Inboxes.

When adding feeds to InfoLab, you may want to filter the feeds to increase the relevance of the information provided from the feed or to decrease the number of posts.

Note that when adding filters in InfoLab, you filter the feed before the information posts reach the Inbox.

We recommend waiting to create filters until your feed has been active for at least a week. Then you can see the information posts your feed generates and can more easily evaluate how you want to filter your feed.

NOTE! Click HERE for instructions on how to filter Wide Narrow Source Library feeds.

Add filters to a feed

Follow these steps to add filters to a feed in InfoLab.

1. Go to Inboxes and open your Inbox. Click the More icon and select InfoLab.
2. Click the feed name in the feed list to open the "Preview and add filter" page.
3. Use the InfoLab filter categories to filter the feed.
4. Preview the filter result in the live preview post list to the right. Adjust the filter until you are satisfied with the content in the preview post list.
5. When ready, press Save.

InfoLab filter categories

Text filter: Add keywords in the “Any of these words” text bar to promote information from the feed. Wide or narrow the filter by selecting Title, Description, or Content.
Add keywords in the “None of these words” text bar to block information from the feed.

Language: Select one or several languages to filter your feed. Note that Tags are only available for RSS, Google Alerts, and NewsEdge feeds.

Tags: Tags are only available when the feed includes pre-categorized information. If available, press one or several tags to filter the feed. Note that Tags are only available for RSS, Google Alerts, and NewsEdge feeds.

AI-generated entities: Select filters from the AI-generated entities; organizations, people, locations, and subjects. Click the down arrow and the Show more tab to view all the AI-generated entities. Press the entity pills you want to add as filters. The entity pills turn black when active.

All the selected filter categories are shown as black pills on top of the preview post list. Press the pills to remove filter categories and adjust the filter.

User Access: All Superusers have access to InfoLab, but only the Inbox Owners can add and manage feeds to their Inboxes. The exception is Superusers with Admin permissions who can manage feeds for all Inboxes.