Filters help you focus on specific employee groups to uncover insights that matter most to your organization. Whether you're looking to analyze trends by team, tenure, gender, or performance level, 15Fiveâs filtering options help you make sense of engagement data through a more strategic lens.
In this article, youâll learn about two categories of filters:
- Core Filters: Groups, Attributes, Outcomes, Benchmark Group, and Compare By
- Feedback Filters: Feedback filter, Driver, Survey Type, and Sentiments
Access and availability
âď¸ Required access to Engagement campaign results.
đĽ This article is relevant to HR admins and individuals who are assigned engagement results visibility.
đŚ This feature is available in the Engage, Total Platform, and Legacy Perform pricing packages.
Note
The results you can see depend on your results visibility level. If you have Full visibility, you can view company-wide data as well as results for all groups. If you have Limited + Groups visibility, you can see company-wide data and results for the specific groups you've been granted access to. If you have Limited visibility, youâll only be able to view company-wide results.
Visibility & Filtering Access đ
The filters you see in Engagement Reporting depend on your assigned results visibility level and your organizationâs plan type.
Default visibility
By default, reports show company-wide results. If youâre assigned Full or Limited + Groups results visibility, you can use filtering options to explore results for more specific segmentsâbased on the access you've been granted.
Who can use which filters?
| Filter | Who can use it |
|---|---|
| Groups |
Full visibility: Can filter by all groups. Limited + Groups: Can filter by assigned groups. |
| Attributes | Available to everyone with results visibility. However, you will only be able to filter by attributes you're assigned visibility to. Learn more. |
| Outcomes | Only available to individuals with full visibility on the Total Platform plan. |
| Benchmark Group | Available to everyone with results visibility. |
Confidentiality
You can only view results for groups that meet your organization's selected confidentiality threshold.
Core Filtering Options
At the top of engagement reports, you'll find up to three filters: Groups, Attributes, Outcomes, and Benchmark Group.
Groups Filter
The Groups filter allows you to analyze engagement results for specific teams, departments, or other organizational segments. Itâs organized by Group Type, and only displays the Group Types you chose to include in engagement results. In addition to standard group types, this filter also includes Manager and Hierarchy groups*, making it easy to drill down into results for specific people leaders or reporting structures.
Use this filter to:
- Compare engagement scores across departments
- Identify top-performing or at-risk teams
- Spot trends within specific reporting lines
Note
It's only possible to filter by manager and hierarchy groups if the "Enable by manager/hierarchy groups" settings is enabled in Engagement feature settings.
Attributes Filter
The Attributes filter allows you to view results for employees based on default, demographic, or custom attributesâsuch as tenure, gender, age, or race. It only includes attributes you chose to include in engagement results.
Use this filter to:
- Uncover disparities in engagement across employee demographics
- Support DEI analysis
- Tailor initiatives to the needs of different workforce segments
Outcomes Filter
The Outcomes filter allows you to segment engagement results using performance data from Best-Self ReviewÂŽ and engagement levels from the current campaign. You can filter by performance level (e.g., top performers) and engagement level (e.g., moderately engaged) to explore how different cohorts are experiencing engagementâand identify where targeted support may be needed.
Use this filter to:
- Explore how engagement correlates with performance levels
- Understand how high performers experience engagement differently
- Create more targeted strategies to support low-performing or disengaged groups
Note
The "Outcomes" filter is only available to customers on 15Five's Total Platform pricing package.
Benchmark Group Filter
The Benchmark Group filter allows you to compare your organizationâs engagement results against external benchmarks to better understand how your scores stack up relative to similar companies. These insights help HR leaders add context, interpret results more strategically, and make informed decisions backed by broader market data.
Benchmarks are available across three dimensions: Industry, Company Size, and Region.
These filters can be applied individually or combined to refine the comparison group and ensure relevance to your organizationâs unique profile.
Use This Filter To:
- Compare your engagement scores to industry peers
- Evaluate if low scores reflect internal issues or broader market trends
- Add strategic context when reporting to executives or presenting to stakeholders
- Support goal-setting and action planning with realistic, market-informed targets
Note
Learn more about benchmarking in our "Benchmarking in Engagement Campaign Results" article.
Compare By Filter
In some reports, youâll see a âCompare byâ filter, which allows you to compare results across specific group types or demographic attributes side by side. This makes it easier to spot trends, disparities, or standout teams within a single view.
Feedback Filtering Options
The Feedback report captures and organizes open-ended employee responses, giving you valuable qualitative insight into employee sentiment, workplace experiences, and engagement drivers. Paired with quantitative engagement data, these responses offer a more complete view of what employees are thinking and feelingâbeyond the numbers.
Here, you can have the following filtering options:
Feedback Filter
View open-ended responses by employee groups within the group type you selected as the feedback filter during campaign setup.
Driver Filter
This filter allows you to narrow your view to Dynamic Feedback tied to specific engagement drivers. Use this filter to explore what employees are saying about particular aspects of their experience, like recognition, role clarity, or purpose.
Survey Type Filter
This filter allows you to segment feedback by its source:
- Dynamic Feedback is collected at the end of the engagement survey, based on each participantâs responses. It highlights what employees believe the organization should start, stop, or keep doing.
- eNPS Feedback captures the reasoning behind a participantâs eNPS score, revealing insights into satisfaction and loyalty.
- Custom Feedback comes from open-ended questions in custom surveys, offering input on organization-specific topics youâve chosen to explore.
Sentiments Filter
The "Sentiments" filter allows you to filter responses by sentiment: Positive, Neutral, Negative, or Mixed. This is especially useful for identifying common pain points or celebrating standout successes in employee feedback.