The “contains” And “does not contain” Filter Operators Should Not Be Used

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Impact Area

Performance

Severity

Medium

Affected Element

Report

Rule ID

SF-0136

Impact #

Selective filters generally work faster than more general ones, all else being equal. Try to make your filters as selective as you can.

Remediation #

Use the equals or not equal to operators instead of contains or does not contain.

Time to fix #

30 min

References #

See the Salesforce documentation resource: Improve Report Performance > Best Practices

Updated on March 21, 2025
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