# Notion search objects filter (checkboxes) **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Tags:** notion, filters\ **Created:** [September 13, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/notion-search-objects-filter-checkboxes/15934 "2023-09-13T18:45:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Musoka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Musoka](https://community.make.com/u/Musoka)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/notion-search-objects-filter-checkboxes/15934/1 "2023-09-13T18:45:47Z")
![Screenshot 2023-09-14 at 2.42.18 AM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/2X/1/1e2c6a6b6db10b0524ee6995b0bd5b5fb9041985.png) Hi all, I have been wondering what text should be entered in the filter as shown above if I would like it to retrieve those Notion database items that are checked. I have tried the word “True” like how you would in a Google sheets but that did not work. Anyone knows what might be the keyword here? I have also tried with Checkbox:Equals and it does not work either. The error returned was: The operation failed with an error. [400] body failed validation. Fix one: body.filter.or[0].checkbox.equals should be a boolean, instead was `"TRUE"`. body.filter.or[0].checkbox.does\_not\_equal should be defined, instead was `undefined`. Is there a [Make.com](http://Make.com) documentation that I can read up more on Notion filters? Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Simo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.make.com/simo/32/9701_2.png) [@Simo](https://community.make.com/u/Simo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/notion-search-objects-filter-checkboxes/15934/2 "2023-09-13T19:10:21Z")
Hi, the filter to use is “Checkbox: Equals” : {{true}} (i.e., the helper function available in the Make functions panel, within the section with the ⚙gear icon). That’s because a checkbox in Notion is a specific data type (not simple text, but a [boolean data type](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Boolean)). So, in the Make filter, we get to specify the data type (i.e., “Checkbox: Equals”), as well as use a boolean variable (true/false) to ensure the value data type corresponds with the key data type ---
**Author:** ![samliew](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.make.com/samliew/32/13327_2.png) [@samliew](https://community.make.com/u/samliew)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/notion-search-objects-filter-checkboxes/15934/3 "2023-09-14T02:48:32Z")
Here’s a few screenshots showing what @Simo meant: ![Screenshot_2023-09-14_100914](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/2X/3/3649afb83b851b89b8c8c17765292f6b0d9f1c0e.png) ![Screenshot_2023-09-14_100928](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/2X/1/1aab884184a0d97cbc1af62f53c8afc330c4e935.png) ![Screenshot_2023-09-14_100906](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/2X/f/f3bdb4502c9d2537478b20db5bea2ef6229598da.png) ---
**Author:** ![ManishMandot](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.make.com/manishmandot/32/25887_2.png) [@ManishMandot](https://community.make.com/u/ManishMandot)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 4:48am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/notion-search-objects-filter-checkboxes/15934/4 "2023-09-14T04:48:01Z")
For checked checkbox you have to use their Checkbox equals to True condition .This will definitely work their this is a condition you have to apply their. ---
**Author:** ![Make\_Bot](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.make.com/make_bot/32/14661_2.png) [@Make\_Bot](https://community.make.com/u/Make_Bot)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/notion-search-objects-filter-checkboxes/15934/6 "2023-10-02T12:07:18Z")