---
title: "Filter Features by Impact Area"
description: "Use Impact Areas in Platform Discovery to identify Contentstack features aligned with efficiency, productivity, personalization, and scalability goals."
url: "https://www.contentstack.com/docs/administration/filter-by-impact-area"
product: "Contentstack"
doc_type: "guide"
audience:
  - developers
  - admins
version: "current"
last_updated: "2026-07-15"
---

# Filter Features by Impact Area

Platform Discovery includes an **Impact Areas** filter that helps you identify features aligned with specific business objectives. Use this filter to focus on capabilities that support your organization's priorities.

### Prerequisites

*   [Contentstack account](https://www.contentstack.com/login/)
*   Platform Discovery enabled for the Organization
*   Organization [Owner or Admin](/docs/administration/about-administration-roles) permissions

### What You Will Learn

*   What impact areas are and how Platform Discovery uses them.
    
*   Which impact areas are available and what business outcomes they represent.
    
*   How to apply the Impact Areas filter in Platform Discovery.
    

## Available Impact Areas

Platform Discovery maps features to business outcomes. This approach helps teams connect technical capabilities with strategic initiatives.

The following seven impact areas are available as filter values.

Impact Area

Description

**Efficiency**

Reduce manual work and improve operational workflows. Includes capabilities such as Automate, Workflows, Assets, Visual Builder, and Agent OS features.

**Productivity**

Improve collaboration and streamline content operations using tools such as Modular Blocks, Taxonomy, Visual Builder, and Polaris.

**Time-to-Market**

Accelerate launches and publishing workflows with capabilities such as Launch, Releases, Live Preview, and Visual Builder.

**Personalization**

Deliver audience-specific digital experiences using capabilities such as Personalize, Localization, and Brand Kit.

**Content ROI**

Improve content effectiveness and content reuse through capabilities such as Localization, Personalize, and Taxonomy.

**Workflows & Collaboration**

Support governance, approvals, releases, and collaborative editorial operations.

**Performance & Scalability**

Support enterprise-scale deployments, environments, and branching strategies.

## Filter Features

To filter features by impact area:

1.  Open **Platform Discovery**.
    
2.  Click the **Impact Areas** dropdown in the top-right corner.
    
3.  Select an impact area.
    

The dashboard updates to display features associated with the selected business outcome.

Impact area filters can help teams:

*   Prioritize feature adoption initiatives.
    
*   Align platform capabilities with strategic goals.
    
*   Identify tools that support operational improvements.
    
*   Discover underused features relevant to current projects.