diff --git a/modules/Components/src/client/ACASThingBrowser.coffee b/modules/Components/src/client/ACASThingBrowser.coffee
index b5ce9619a..33f4089a2 100644
--- a/modules/Components/src/client/ACASThingBrowser.coffee
+++ b/modules/Components/src/client/ACASThingBrowser.coffee
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ class ACASThingBrowserRowSummaryController extends Backbone.View
 class ThingSummaryTableController extends Backbone.View
 	initialize: (options)->
 		@configs = options.configs
+		@columnFilters = options.columnFilters
 
 	selectedRowChanged: (row) =>
 		@trigger "selectedRowUpdated", row
@@ -218,6 +219,13 @@ class ThingSummaryTableController extends Backbone.View
 		for config in @configs
 			@$(".bv_firstRow").append("<th style=\"width: 125px;\">#{config.name}</th>")
 
+		# Add empty tr in thead for filter use
+		if @columnFilters? && @columnFilters
+			for config in @configs
+			 	# Remove space from key name
+				filterClass = "bv_filter_" + config.key.replace(/\s/g, '')
+				@$(".bv_colFilters").append("<th style=\"width: 125px;\" class=\"bv_thingBrowserFilter "+filterClass+"\"></th>")
+		
 		if @collection.models.length is 0
 			@$(".bv_noMatchingThingsFoundMessage").removeClass "hide"
 			# display message indicating no results were found
@@ -230,9 +238,68 @@ class ThingSummaryTableController extends Backbone.View
 				prsc.on "gotClick", @selectedRowChanged
 				@$("tbody").append prsc.render().el
 
-			@$("table").dataTable oLanguage:
+			$.fn.dataTableExt.oApi.fnGetColumnData = (oSettings, iColumn, bUnique, bFiltered, bIgnoreEmpty) ->
+				# check that we have a column id
+				if typeof iColumn == 'undefined'
+					return new Array
+				# by default we only want unique data
+				if typeof bUnique == 'undefined'
+					bUnique = true
+				# by default we do want to only look at filtered data
+				if typeof bFiltered == 'undefined'
+					bFiltered = true
+				# by default we do not want to include empty values
+				if typeof bIgnoreEmpty == 'undefined'
+					bIgnoreEmpty = true
+				# list of rows which we're going to loop through
+				aiRows = undefined
+				# use only filtered rows
+				if bFiltered == true
+					aiRows = oSettings.aiDisplay
+				else
+					aiRows = oSettings.aiDisplayMaster
+				# all row numbers
+				# set up data array   
+				asResultData = new Array
+				i = 0
+				c = aiRows.length
+				while i < c
+					iRow = aiRows[i]
+					aData = @fnGetData(iRow)
+					sValue = aData[iColumn]
+					# ignore empty values?
+					if bIgnoreEmpty == true and sValue.length == 0
+						i++
+						continue
+					else if bUnique == true and jQuery.inArray(sValue, asResultData) > -1
+						i++
+						continue
+					else
+						asResultData.push sValue
+					i++
+				asResultData
+			
+			fnCreateSelect = (aData) ->
+				r = '<select><option value=""></option>'
+				i = undefined
+				iLen = aData.length
+				i = 0
+				while i < iLen
+					r += '<option value="' + aData[i] + '">' + aData[i] + '</option>'
+					i++
+				r + '</select>'
+				
+			oTable = @$("table").dataTable oLanguage:
 				sSearch: "Filter results: " #rename summary table's search bar
 
+			if @columnFilters? && @columnFilters
+				this.$('thead tr.bv_colFilters th').each (i) ->
+					@innerHTML = fnCreateSelect(oTable.fnGetColumnData(i))
+					$('select', this).change ->
+						oTable.fnFilter $(this).val(), i
+						return
+					return
+
 		@
 
 
@@ -246,6 +313,7 @@ class ACASThingBrowserController extends Backbone.View
 	initialize: (options)->
 		thingModel = new @modelClass
 		@configs = @configs
+		@columnFilters = @columnFilters
 		templateVariables = 
 			thingName: thingModel.getThingKindDisplayName()
 		template = _.template($("#ThingBrowserView").html())
@@ -278,6 +346,7 @@ class ACASThingBrowserController extends Backbone.View
 			@thingSummaryTable = new ThingSummaryTableController
 				collection: new thingCollection things
 				configs: @configs
+				columnFilters: @columnFilters
 
 			@thingSummaryTable.on "selectedRowUpdated", @selectedThingUpdated
 			$(".bv_thingTableController").html @thingSummaryTable.render().el
diff --git a/modules/Components/src/client/ACASThingBrowserView.html b/modules/Components/src/client/ACASThingBrowserView.html
index dc1aaaa47..755e2c6c4 100644
--- a/modules/Components/src/client/ACASThingBrowserView.html
+++ b/modules/Components/src/client/ACASThingBrowserView.html
@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@
 <script type="text/template" id="ThingSummaryTableView" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/html">
     <table class="table table-bordered table-striped table-hover" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; width: 100%; ">
         <thead style="">
-        <tr class = "bv_firstRow"> 
-        </tr>
+            <tr class="bv_colFilters">
+            </tr>
+            <tr class = "bv_firstRow"> 
+            </tr>
         </thead>
         <tbody style="">
 
diff --git a/modules/ModuleMenus/src/client/ModuleMenusConfiguration.coffee b/modules/ModuleMenus/src/client/ModuleMenusConfiguration.coffee
index 94836eb63..d63f4bd40 100644
--- a/modules/ModuleMenus/src/client/ModuleMenusConfiguration.coffee
+++ b/modules/ModuleMenus/src/client/ModuleMenusConfiguration.coffee
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ window.ModuleMenusConfiguration =
 		isHeader: false, menuName: "Example Thing"
 		mainControllerClassName: "ExampleThingController"
 		autoLaunchName:"example_thing"
+	,
+		isHeader: false, menuName: "Example Thing Browser"
+		mainControllerClassName: "ExampleThingBrowserController"
+		autoLaunchName:"example_thing_browser"
 	,
 		isHeader: true
 		menuName: "Search and Edit"
diff --git a/modules/ServerAPI/src/client/ExampleThing.coffee b/modules/ServerAPI/src/client/ExampleThing.coffee
index 53dfe7cce..7bc3bb3ac 100644
--- a/modules/ServerAPI/src/client/ExampleThing.coffee
+++ b/modules/ServerAPI/src/client/ExampleThing.coffee
@@ -523,3 +523,27 @@ class ExampleTableAuditController extends AbstractThingFormController
 		@model.prepareToSave()
 		@model.reformatBeforeSaving()
 		@model.save()
+
+
+class ExampleThingBrowserController extends ACASThingBrowserController
+	controllerClass: ExampleThingController
+	modelClass: ExampleThingParent
+	columnFilters: true
+	configs: [
+			name: "Code Name"
+			key: "codeName"
+		,
+			name: "Name"
+			key: "example thing name"
+		,
+			name: "Scientist"
+			key: "scientist"
+		,
+			name: "Recorded By"
+			key: "recordedBy"
+		,
+			name: "Recorded Date"
+			key: "recordedDate"
+			formatter: UtilityFunctions::convertMSToYMDDate
+	]
+
diff --git a/modules/ServerAPI/src/client/ExampleThing.css b/modules/ServerAPI/src/client/ExampleThing.css
index e69de29bb..6ff527386 100644
--- a/modules/ServerAPI/src/client/ExampleThing.css
+++ b/modules/ServerAPI/src/client/ExampleThing.css
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+.bv_thingTableController .bv_thingBrowserFilter select {
+    width: 100px;
+}
+.bv_thingTableController .bv_filter_codeName select {
+    width: 300px !important;
+}
+.bv_thingTableController .bv_filter_recordedBy select {
+    width: 80px !important;
+}
+.bv_thingTableController .bv_filter_recordedDate select {
+    width: 80px !important;
+}
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