Project Status Equates With Filter Gone

​@MorganHatcher ​@BrendaVa1 Here is the response I just received from Support. 

The Status Equates With filter is an important one, especially for organizations like yours that rely heavily on custom statuses. Here is what is happening and what you can do about it.
 

The Status Equates With filter allows you to include all projects whose custom status maps to a particular system status such as Current or Planning. This is what makes it so valuable since it means you do not have to manually update your filters every time a new custom status is added. If you filter by Status equals Current instead, you have to manually select every custom status individually, which is harder to maintain.

When it comes to why it may have disappeared, Workfront has been rolling out updates to the reporting and filtering experience, and in some cases certain filter fields like Status Equates With can become hidden in the updated filter builder UI. This is a known concern and there have been internal discussions around it.

The good news is that you can still use this filter through Text Mode even if it is not showing in the UI. Here is how to do it:

Go to your report filter editor, switch to Text Mode, and enter the following:

                  statusEquatesWith=CUR
                  statusEquatesWith_Mod=in

You can replace CUR with the system status key you want to match, such as PLN for Planning or CPL for Complete. This should restore the intended filtering behavior even if the UI option is not visible.

It is also worth checking your status configuration if you use group-level custom statuses. Make sure all statuses are properly mapped and not hidden or misconfigured at the group level, as that can sometimes affect filter visibility.