I believe it would be helpful to get a visual reference how the filter looks like when applied at data source level, so you may check the filter configuration setting at:
I hope this helps, otherwise, please provide more specifics of the scenario, or better yet a simple runnable sample to illustrate.
Regards,
Alex Hajigeorgieva
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