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TL;DR

Somewhat similarly to the new logistics groups feature, which is also seen elsewhere like in platform logistics, add save-able groups to the production statistics.

What?

Often times, if I want to check in on the various resources, I'll have to manually search for 'ore', then click iron and copper ore, then clear that and type in 'coal' and click that, then clear the search and type in 'stone', etc etc, just to see all the raw resources. I don't know if I do it all that often for things besides that, but conceptually, these are groups of related items, even if they don't all end in 'ore'.

For context:




It would be nice if I could instead add these resources to 'groups', similarly to the logistics groups feature (I admit, I haven't used this yet for named groups, but I'm vaguely assuming it works like train interrupts/etc):



The basic idea being that you could create groups, add items/fluids/etc (depending on the tab) to it, and then quickly select it to have it filter to only show those, as if you had typed in a regex search like I know it doesn't support regex, I simply mean that it would not only act as if you had clicked on each of them so that it filters the graph, but would also filter reduce the bottom table in the productivity screen to only show the items in the group as well, like the way search works. So you'd probably add things to the group the same way you do with logistics groups, using the pop up menu/modal, rather than the table, since the table would be permanently filtered to the things in the group.

Why?

I vaguely covered this above, but put simply: quality of life. I very often will type out the same searches over and over, but it occurred to me that, like with logistic groups, this could realistically be something you can just save then pull up later.

I've run into this myself, but mostly typing the same search in each time I reopen the production stats box. Items which are selected / deselected are saved. It would also be handy if the previous search entry remained until it was cleared (as well as the global statistics checkbox and quality selection). Slightly different than your issue, but if implemented it would at least remove the repetitive piece from repeat looks at the same sets of stats without needing to reconfigure each time the pane is opened.

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