Hello,
Let look at my example :
In your view :
In your code:
onBeforeRebindTable: function(oEvent) { var mBindingParams = oEvent.getParameter("bindingParams"); var oSmtFilter = this.getView().byId("smartFilterBar"); var oSelect = oSmtFilter.getControlByKey("MyOwnFilterField"); var sVariant = oSelect.getSelectedKey(); var newFilter = new sap.ui.model.Filter("Variant", sap.ui.model.FilterOperator.EQ, sVariant ); mBindingParams.filters.push(newFilter); },In that way, the first query when you load your page will take in account your custom filters.
Regards

