**What an inventory is, how to move between inventories, how to use the filter and search features, and how to build an arbitrary selection of works with the basket.**

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> **Note:** this video was recorded in the previous WrkLst interface. Some screens look different in WrkLst 10.

## Moving between inventories

Your works are grouped into inventories, and you switch between them to change what you are looking at. See [Inventories](/hc/wrklst-docs/articles/1767343668-inventories) if you need to create or rename one.

## Filtering and searching

Filter and search narrow a large archive down to the works you actually need — by artist, by availability, by year, or by whatever criteria matter for the task in hand. Filtering is the fastest route into a big inventory, and it is also the starting point for most other work in WrkLst: an exhibition checklist, a consignment or a client selection usually begins as a filtered view.

## Selections and the basket

The basket works like a shopping cart for artworks. You add works to it from anywhere in WrkLst, across different views and inventories, and the resulting selection can then be used to generate documents, create an exhibition, build a consignment or make a presentation. A selection can also be saved as a list and retrieved later — see [Lists](/hc/wrklst-docs/articles/1767343209-lists).

## Sorting

You can also adjust the order in which works are shown, which matters when the sequence is going to end up in a document or a presentation.

## Related articles

* [Lists](/hc/wrklst-docs/articles/1767343209-lists)
* [Editing and Multi-Editing](/hc/wrklst-docs/articles/1767342727-editing-and-multi_editing)
* [Presentation](/hc/wrklst-docs/articles/1767343260-presentation)
* [Collection Values (C-Values)](/hc/wrklst-docs/articles/1786371781-collection-values-c_values)