# Description field **URL:** \ **Category:** W&B Help\ **Created:** [August 10, 2022, 12:50am UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/description-field/2881 "2022-08-10T00:50:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![erlebacher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@erlebacher](https://community.wandb.ai/u/erlebacher)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 12:50am UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/description-field/2881/1 "2022-08-10T00:50:58Z")
I am loving [wandb.ai](http://wandb.ai) and all it can do for me. I have a question whose answer I cannot find anywhere. Among the various fields in the wandb.config file are a few that wandb generates automatically. One of them is `Description`. I tried setting it from a Python program via my configuration file, but to no avail. So I am wondering how to set the Description field programmatically. This will allow me to “describe” several hundred simulations for easy retrieval. Thanks, ---
**Author:** ![gsaltintas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/53a042/32.png) [@gsaltintas](https://community.wandb.ai/u/gsaltintas)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 7:34am UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/description-field/2881/2 "2022-08-10T07:34:48Z")
Hello @erlebacher , You can pass a notes string to initialization, like: `wanbd.init(notes='my special run')` or modify it on the run through `run.notes`(eg. `r=wandb.run; r.notes='xx'`). ---
**Author:** ![erlebacher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@erlebacher](https://community.wandb.ai/u/erlebacher)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 9:16am UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/description-field/2881/3 "2022-08-10T09:16:37Z")
Thanks! This makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![erlebacher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@erlebacher](https://community.wandb.ai/u/erlebacher)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/description-field/2881/4 "2022-08-10T16:33:31Z")
As a continuation of my question: When looking at a series of runs on wandb, I can filter by Description, by cannot filter by Notes. My current Notes field is empty, but why this restriction? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![mohammadbakir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@mohammadbakir](https://community.wandb.ai/u/mohammadbakir)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/description-field/2881/5 "2022-08-12T19:44:51Z")
Hi @erlebacher , descriptions are associated with Artifacts. Artifacts have a natural hierarchy where the latest Artifact ` **latest** ` alias to the logged version. Are you asking if you can sort Artifacts? ---
**Author:** ![erlebacher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@erlebacher](https://community.wandb.ai/u/erlebacher)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/description-field/2881/6 "2022-08-15T18:39:39Z")
Thanks. I have not gotten to artifacts as yet, so no, I am not asking about sorting artifacts. When looking at Runs on [wandb.ai](http://wandb.ai), two of the columns are labeled Description and Note. I was enquiring about those two fields only and whether can select subsets of records based on specific words in either Note or Description. ---
**Author:** ![mohammadbakir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@mohammadbakir](https://community.wandb.ai/u/mohammadbakir)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/description-field/2881/8 "2022-08-15T19:28:23Z")
@erlebacher, thank-you for clarifying. The runs table can’t be sorted by Notes/Descriptions. There are other fields you can filter by including `Tags`, `Group`, `Type` , ect. ![Filters](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/wandb/original/1X/1f6b66fa455e95a685431ee8f404448929daab0d.png) ---
**Author:** ![erlebacher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@erlebacher](https://community.wandb.ai/u/erlebacher)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/description-field/2881/9 "2022-08-16T13:57:35Z")
Thank you, @mohammadbakir . I am wondering why did the W&B developers decide not to include Notes and Descriptions in the list of items that can be filtered? Is it a lack of implemented string functions? I am surprised given that W&B is already full-featured. ---
**Author:** ![mohammadbakir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@mohammadbakir](https://community.wandb.ai/u/mohammadbakir)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/description-field/2881/10 "2022-08-18T22:05:26Z")
Hi @erlebacher , It’s pretty expensive to do pattern filtering in MySQL, especially on a large column like `notes` . The engineering team decided this feature will not be implemented. I will mark this resolved but please let me know if there is anything else I can answer for you. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/wandb/original/1X/366b649231631dbab896843020da0056074ac79d.png) [@system](https://community.wandb.ai/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/description-field/2881/11 "2022-10-17T22:06:27Z")
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