diff --git a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/api/util/WebPrismUtil.java b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/api/util/WebPrismUtil.java
index 4bbd68c7669..20767a96c78 100644
--- a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/api/util/WebPrismUtil.java
+++ b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/api/util/WebPrismUtil.java
@@ -682,9 +682,7 @@ public static String createMappingTypeDescription(MappingType mapping, boolean s
         if (showExpression) {
             ExpressionUtil.ExpressionEvaluatorType evaluatorType = null;
             if (expressionBean != null) {
-                String expression = ExpressionUtil.loadExpression(expressionBean, PrismContext.get(), LOGGER);
-                evaluatorType = ExpressionUtil.getExpressionType(expression);
-
+                evaluatorType = ExpressionUtil.getExpressionType(expressionBean);
             }
 
             if (evaluatorType == null) {
diff --git a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/AssociationFromLinkPanel.java b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/AssociationFromLinkPanel.java
index ba4bbfe7771..ff27d984135 100644
--- a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/AssociationFromLinkPanel.java
+++ b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/AssociationFromLinkPanel.java
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 import com.evolveum.midpoint.xml.ns._public.common.common_3.AssociationFromLinkExpressionEvaluatorType;
 import com.evolveum.midpoint.xml.ns._public.common.common_3.ExpressionType;
 
+import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
+
 import org.apache.wicket.MarkupContainer;
 import org.apache.wicket.model.IModel;
 import org.apache.wicket.model.Model;
@@ -23,7 +25,11 @@ public class AssociationFromLinkPanel extends EvaluatorExpressionPanel {
     private static final Trace LOGGER = TraceManager.getTrace(AssociationFromLinkPanel.class);
 
     public AssociationFromLinkPanel(String id, IModel<ExpressionType> model) {
-        super(id, model);
+        this(id, model, null);
+    }
+
+    public AssociationFromLinkPanel(String id, IModel<ExpressionType> model, IModel<QName> expressionTargetTypeModel) {
+        super(id, model, expressionTargetTypeModel);
         updateEvaluatorValue();
     }
 
diff --git a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/EvaluatorExpressionPanel.java b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/EvaluatorExpressionPanel.java
index a193c5e4e3b..dcffa541748 100644
--- a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/EvaluatorExpressionPanel.java
+++ b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/EvaluatorExpressionPanel.java
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 package com.evolveum.midpoint.gui.impl.component.input.expression;
 
+import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
+
 import com.evolveum.midpoint.gui.api.component.BasePanel;
 import com.evolveum.midpoint.gui.api.page.PageBase;
 import com.evolveum.midpoint.gui.impl.component.message.FeedbackLabels;
@@ -24,8 +26,29 @@ public abstract class EvaluatorExpressionPanel extends BasePanel<ExpressionType>
     private static final String ID_VALUE_CONTAINER = "valueContainer";
     private static final String ID_FEEDBACK = "feedback";
 
+    /**
+     * Type of the object the expression is evaluated against. Null when the context does not tell us.
+     */
+    private final IModel<QName> expressionTargetTypeModel;
+
     public EvaluatorExpressionPanel(String id, IModel<ExpressionType> model) {
+        this(id, model, null);
+    }
+
+    public EvaluatorExpressionPanel(String id, IModel<ExpressionType> model, IModel<QName> expressionTargetTypeModel) {
         super(id, model);
+        this.expressionTargetTypeModel = expressionTargetTypeModel;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Type of the object the expression is evaluated against, for panels that need to know the
+     * schema they work with.
+     *
+     * @return the type, or null when the context does not tell us and the panel has to manage
+     * without it.
+     */
+    protected QName getExpressionTargetType() {
+        return expressionTargetTypeModel != null ? expressionTargetTypeModel.getObject() : null;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/ExpressionPanel.java b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/ExpressionPanel.java
index 53d110f0774..000a56930db 100644
--- a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/ExpressionPanel.java
+++ b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/ExpressionPanel.java
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
 import com.evolveum.midpoint.web.util.ExpressionUtil.ExpressionEvaluatorType;
 import com.evolveum.midpoint.xml.ns._public.common.common_3.ExpressionType;
 
+import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
+
 import org.apache.wicket.model.StringResourceModel;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
@@ -97,6 +99,9 @@ public enum RecognizedEvaluator {
         PATH(ExpressionEvaluatorType.PATH,
                 PathExpressionPanel.class,
                 "ExpressionEvaluatorType.PATH.show.button"),
+        FILTER(ExpressionEvaluatorType.FILTER,
+                FilterExpressionPanel.class,
+                "ExpressionEvaluatorType.FILTER.show.button"),
         NULL(ExpressionEvaluatorType.NULL,
                 null, null);
 
@@ -159,9 +164,7 @@ private void initTypeModels() {
             typeModel = new LoadableModel<>(false) {
                 @Override
                 protected RecognizedEvaluator load() {
-                    String expression = ExpressionUtil.loadExpression(getModelObject(), PrismContext.get(), LOGGER);
-
-                    ExpressionEvaluatorType type = ExpressionUtil.getExpressionType(expression);
+                    ExpressionEvaluatorType type = ExpressionUtil.getExpressionType(getModelObject());
                     return recognizeEvaluator(type);
                 }
 
@@ -435,6 +438,28 @@ public void onClick(AjaxRequestTarget target) {
         return typeButton;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns type of the object the expression is evaluated against, taken from the schema context of the item.
+     *
+     * @return target object type of expression or null while the schema context is not defined for the expression.
+     */
+    private QName resolveExpressionTargetType() {
+        PrismPropertyWrapper<ExpressionType> wrapper = parent != null ? parent.getObject() : null;
+        if (wrapper == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        var item = wrapper.getItem();
+        if (item == null || item.getValue() == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        var schemaContext = item.getValue().getSchemaContext();
+        if (schemaContext == null || schemaContext.getItemDefinition() == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return schemaContext.getItemDefinition().getTypeName();
+    }
+
     private WebMarkupContainer createEvaluatorPanel() {
         return createEvaluatorPanel(ExpressionPanel.ID_EVALUATOR_PANEL, false);
     }
@@ -443,8 +468,10 @@ private WebMarkupContainer createEvaluatorPanel(String id, boolean isInPopup) {
         RecognizedEvaluator type = typeModel.getObject();
         if (type != null && type.evaluatorPanel != null) {
             try {
-                Constructor<? extends BasePanel<ExpressionType>> constructor = type.evaluatorPanel.getConstructor(String.class, IModel.class);
-                BasePanel<ExpressionType> evaluatorPanel = constructor.newInstance(id, getModel());
+                Constructor<? extends BasePanel<ExpressionType>> constructor =
+                        type.evaluatorPanel.getConstructor(String.class, IModel.class, IModel.class);
+                BasePanel<ExpressionType> evaluatorPanel =
+                        constructor.newInstance(id, getModel(), (IModel<QName>) this::resolveExpressionTargetType);
                 evaluatorPanel.setOutputMarkupId(true);
                 evaluatorPanel.add(new VisibleBehaviour(() -> isInPopup || isEvaluatorPanelExpanded()));
                 if (!isInTable()) {
@@ -453,7 +480,7 @@ private WebMarkupContainer createEvaluatorPanel(String id, boolean isInPopup) {
                 return evaluatorPanel;
             } catch (NoSuchMethodException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException e) {
                 LOGGER.error("Couldn't create panel for expression evaluator by constructor for class {} with parameters type: "
-                        + "String, IModel", type.evaluatorPanel.getSimpleName());
+                        + "String, IModel, IModel", type.evaluatorPanel.getSimpleName());
             }
         }
         WebMarkupContainer invisiblePanel = new WebMarkupContainer(id);
diff --git a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/FilterExpressionPanel.html b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/FilterExpressionPanel.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab59ee4adc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/FilterExpressionPanel.html
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright (c) 2026 Evolveum
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the EUPL-1.2 or later.
+  -->
+
+<html xmlns:wicket="http://wicket.apache.org">
+<wicket:extend>
+    <div class="pb-2">
+        <div class="prism-property-label p-0">
+            <span><wicket:message key="FilterExpressionEvaluatorType.filter"/></span>
+        </div>
+        <div class="prism-property-value" wicket:id="filterInput"/>
+    </div>
+</wicket:extend>
+</html>
diff --git a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/FilterExpressionPanel.java b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/FilterExpressionPanel.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ac4388eb1c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/FilterExpressionPanel.java
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 Evolveum and contributors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the EUPL-1.2 or later.
+ */
+
+package com.evolveum.midpoint.gui.impl.component.input.expression;
+
+import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
+
+import org.apache.wicket.MarkupContainer;
+import org.apache.wicket.model.IModel;
+import org.apache.wicket.model.LambdaModel;
+import org.apache.wicket.model.StringResourceModel;
+
+import com.evolveum.midpoint.gui.api.page.PageBase;
+import com.evolveum.midpoint.util.exception.SchemaException;
+import com.evolveum.midpoint.util.logging.Trace;
+import com.evolveum.midpoint.util.logging.TraceManager;
+import com.evolveum.midpoint.web.page.admin.reports.component.SearchFilterConfigurationPanel;
+import com.evolveum.midpoint.web.util.ExpressionUtil;
+import com.evolveum.midpoint.xml.ns._public.common.common_3.ExpressionType;
+import com.evolveum.midpoint.xml.ns._public.common.common_3.FilterExpressionEvaluatorType;
+import com.evolveum.prism.xml.ns._public.query_3.SearchFilterType;
+
+public class FilterExpressionPanel extends EvaluatorExpressionPanel {
+
+    private static final Trace LOGGER = TraceManager.getTrace(FilterExpressionPanel.class);
+
+    private static final String ID_FILTER_INPUT = "filterInput";
+
+    public FilterExpressionPanel(String id, IModel<ExpressionType> model, IModel<QName> expressionTargetTypeModel) {
+        super(id, model, expressionTargetTypeModel);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IModel<String> getValueContainerLabelModel(PageBase pageBase) {
+        return pageBase.createStringResource("FilterExpressionPanel.label");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void initLayout(MarkupContainer parent) {
+        parent.add(new SearchFilterConfigurationPanel<>(
+                ID_FILTER_INPUT, null, createFilterModel(), this::getExpressionTargetType) {
+
+            @Override
+            protected StringResourceModel getConfigPanelTitle() {
+                return createStringResource("FilterExpressionPanel.configureFilter");
+            }
+            
+            @Override
+            protected boolean addEmptyBlumBehaviourToTextField() {
+                return true;
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Model of the filter of the expression. {@link LambdaModel} skips the setter when its target
+     * object is null, and the expression of an empty condition is null, so the target falls back to
+     * a fresh expression. Without it the first filter the user configures is silently dropped.
+     */
+    private IModel<SearchFilterType> createFilterModel() {
+        return LambdaModel.of(
+                getModel().orElseGet(ExpressionType::new), FilterExpressionPanel::readFilter, this::writeFilter);
+    }
+
+    private static SearchFilterType readFilter(ExpressionType expression) {
+        FilterExpressionEvaluatorType evaluator = ExpressionUtil.getFilterExpressionValue(expression);
+        return evaluator != null ? evaluator.getFilter() : null;
+    }
+
+    private void writeFilter(ExpressionType expression, SearchFilterType filter) {
+        try {
+            FilterExpressionEvaluatorType evaluator = filter == null
+                    ? null
+                    : new FilterExpressionEvaluatorType().filter(filter);
+            getModel().setObject(
+                    ExpressionUtil.updateFilterExpressionValue(expression, evaluator));
+        } catch (SchemaException ex) {
+            LOGGER.error("Couldn't update filter expression value: {}", ex.getLocalizedMessage());
+            getPageBase().error("Couldn't update filter expression value: " + ex.getLocalizedMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Description of the filter shown in the tooltip of the collapsed expression. Looked up by class
+     * and method name from {@link ExpressionPanel}, do not remove.
+     *
+     * @param expression expression the filter belongs to.
+     * @param pageBase page the description is created for.
+     * @return the query text of the filter, or an empty string when there is none.
+     */
+    public static String getInfoDescription(ExpressionType expression, PageBase pageBase) {
+        FilterExpressionEvaluatorType evaluator = ExpressionUtil.getFilterExpressionValue(expression);
+        if (evaluator == null || evaluator.getFilter() == null) {
+            return "";
+        }
+        String text = evaluator.getFilter().getText();
+        return text != null ? text : "";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/GenerateExpressionPanel.java b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/GenerateExpressionPanel.java
index dcc106185c8..ff2abc8de70 100644
--- a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/GenerateExpressionPanel.java
+++ b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/GenerateExpressionPanel.java
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ public class GenerateExpressionPanel extends EvaluatorExpressionPanel {
     private static final String ID_VALUE_POLICY = "valuePolicy";
 
     public GenerateExpressionPanel(String id, IModel<ExpressionType> model) {
-        super(id, model);
+        this(id, model, null);
+    }
+
+    public GenerateExpressionPanel(String id, IModel<ExpressionType> model, IModel<QName> expressionTargetTypeModel) {
+        super(id, model, expressionTargetTypeModel);
         GenerateExpressionWrapper wrapper = getEvaluatorValue();
         if (wrapper == null || wrapper.isEmpty()) {
             updateEvaluatorValue((GenerateExpressionEvaluatorModeType) null);
diff --git a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/PathExpressionPanel.java b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/PathExpressionPanel.java
index cf7955cee07..71324b7b1df 100644
--- a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/PathExpressionPanel.java
+++ b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/PathExpressionPanel.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 import com.evolveum.prism.xml.ns._public.types_3.ItemPathType;
 
+import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
+
 import org.apache.wicket.Component;
 import org.apache.wicket.MarkupContainer;
 import org.apache.wicket.ajax.AjaxRequestTarget;
@@ -33,7 +35,11 @@ public class PathExpressionPanel extends EvaluatorExpressionPanel {
     private static final String ID_PATH_LABEL = "pathLabel";
 
     public PathExpressionPanel(String id, IModel<ExpressionType> model) {
-        super(id, model);
+        this(id, model, null);
+    }
+
+    public PathExpressionPanel(String id, IModel<ExpressionType> model, IModel<QName> expressionTargetTypeModel) {
+        super(id, model, expressionTargetTypeModel);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/ScriptExpressionPanel.java b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/ScriptExpressionPanel.java
index 880e7b7cdf9..e3e0a1e4e0d 100644
--- a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/ScriptExpressionPanel.java
+++ b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/ScriptExpressionPanel.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 import com.evolveum.midpoint.web.page.admin.reports.component.SimpleAceEditorPanel;
 import com.evolveum.midpoint.web.util.ExpressionUtil;
 import com.evolveum.midpoint.xml.ns._public.common.common_3.ExpressionType;
+
+import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
 import com.evolveum.midpoint.xml.ns._public.common.common_3.ScriptExpressionEvaluatorType;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
@@ -47,7 +49,11 @@ public class ScriptExpressionPanel extends EvaluatorExpressionPanel {
     private static final String C_DATA_SUFFIX = "]]>";
 
     public ScriptExpressionPanel(String id, IModel<ExpressionType> model) {
-        super(id, model);
+        this(id, model, null);
+    }
+
+    public ScriptExpressionPanel(String id, IModel<ExpressionType> model, IModel<QName> expressionTargetTypeModel) {
+        super(id, model, expressionTargetTypeModel);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/ShadowOwnerReferenceSearchExpressionPanel.java b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/ShadowOwnerReferenceSearchExpressionPanel.java
index c772966e970..195dce0ad53 100644
--- a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/ShadowOwnerReferenceSearchExpressionPanel.java
+++ b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/ShadowOwnerReferenceSearchExpressionPanel.java
@@ -42,7 +42,12 @@ public class ShadowOwnerReferenceSearchExpressionPanel extends EvaluatorExpressi
     private static final String ID_RELATION_EXPRESSION_LABEL = "relationExpressionLabel";
 
     public ShadowOwnerReferenceSearchExpressionPanel(String id, IModel<ExpressionType> model) {
-        super(id, model);
+        this(id, model, null);
+    }
+
+    public ShadowOwnerReferenceSearchExpressionPanel(
+            String id, IModel<ExpressionType> model, IModel<QName> expressionTargetTypeModel) {
+        super(id, model, expressionTargetTypeModel);
         updateEvaluatorValue();
     }
 
diff --git a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/SimpleValueExpressionPanel.java b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/SimpleValueExpressionPanel.java
index bcb3e705b1d..e56767279d3 100644
--- a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/SimpleValueExpressionPanel.java
+++ b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/component/input/expression/SimpleValueExpressionPanel.java
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 import com.evolveum.midpoint.web.util.ExpressionUtil;
 import com.evolveum.midpoint.xml.ns._public.common.common_3.ExpressionType;
 
+import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
+
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 public class SimpleValueExpressionPanel extends EvaluatorExpressionPanel {
@@ -46,7 +48,11 @@ public class SimpleValueExpressionPanel extends EvaluatorExpressionPanel {
     private static final String ID_REMOVE_BUTTON = "remove";
 
     public SimpleValueExpressionPanel(String id, IModel<ExpressionType> model) {
-        super(id, model);
+        this(id, model, null);
+    }
+
+    public SimpleValueExpressionPanel(String id, IModel<ExpressionType> model, IModel<QName> expressionTargetTypeModel) {
+        super(id, model, expressionTargetTypeModel);
         if (getEvaluatorValues().isEmpty()) {
             updateEvaluatorValue(List.of());
         }
diff --git a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/factory/panel/expression/ConditionPanelFactory.java b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/factory/panel/expression/ConditionPanelFactory.java
index 71b88bf3d46..dbaf199cda4 100644
--- a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/factory/panel/expression/ConditionPanelFactory.java
+++ b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/factory/panel/expression/ConditionPanelFactory.java
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@
 package com.evolveum.midpoint.gui.impl.factory.panel.expression;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import com.evolveum.midpoint.gui.api.prism.wrapper.PrismValueWrapper;
 
-import com.evolveum.midpoint.gui.impl.component.input.expression.ScriptExpressionPanel;
+import com.evolveum.midpoint.gui.impl.component.input.expression.ExpressionPanel;
 import com.evolveum.midpoint.gui.impl.factory.panel.PrismPropertyPanelContext;
 import com.evolveum.midpoint.xml.ns._public.common.common_3.MappingType;
 
@@ -33,7 +35,14 @@ public void register() {
 
     @Override
     protected Panel getPanel(PrismPropertyPanelContext<ExpressionType> panelCtx) {
-        return new ScriptExpressionPanel(panelCtx.getComponentId(), panelCtx.getRealValueModel());
+        return new ExpressionPanel(
+                panelCtx.getComponentId(), panelCtx.getItemWrapperModel(), panelCtx.getRealValueModel()) {
+
+            @Override
+            protected List<RecognizedEvaluator> getChoices() {
+                return new ArrayList<>(List.of(RecognizedEvaluator.SCRIPT, RecognizedEvaluator.FILTER));
+            }
+        };
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/factory/panel/searchfilter/SearchFilterPanelFactory.java b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/factory/panel/searchfilter/SearchFilterPanelFactory.java
index be8f6a66bf7..ccf57123e17 100644
--- a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/factory/panel/searchfilter/SearchFilterPanelFactory.java
+++ b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/factory/panel/searchfilter/SearchFilterPanelFactory.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.wicket.feedback.ComponentFeedbackMessageFilter;
+import org.apache.wicket.model.Model;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 @Component
@@ -77,7 +78,8 @@ public void configure(PrismPropertyPanelContext<SearchFilterType> panelCtx, org.
     @Override
     protected InputPanel getPanel(PrismPropertyPanelContext<SearchFilterType> panelCtx) {
         return new SearchFilterConfigurationPanel(
-                panelCtx.getComponentId(), panelCtx.getItemWrapperModel(), panelCtx.getRealValueModel(), getFilterObjectType(panelCtx)
+                panelCtx.getComponentId(), panelCtx.getItemWrapperModel(), panelCtx.getRealValueModel(),
+                Model.of(getFilterObjectType(panelCtx))
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/page/admin/resource/component/wizard/schemaHandling/objectType/attribute/mapping/preview/expression/FilterExpressionPreviewDetailsPanel.html b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/page/admin/resource/component/wizard/schemaHandling/objectType/attribute/mapping/preview/expression/FilterExpressionPreviewDetailsPanel.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9efb5a7c4ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/page/admin/resource/component/wizard/schemaHandling/objectType/attribute/mapping/preview/expression/FilterExpressionPreviewDetailsPanel.html
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright (C) 2026 Evolveum and contributors
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the EUPL-1.2 or later.
+  -->
+
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html xmlns:wicket="http://wicket.apache.org">
+<wicket:panel>
+    <div wicket:id="query" class="fw-semibold"></div>
+</wicket:panel>
+</html>
diff --git a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/page/admin/resource/component/wizard/schemaHandling/objectType/attribute/mapping/preview/expression/FilterExpressionPreviewDetailsPanel.java b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/page/admin/resource/component/wizard/schemaHandling/objectType/attribute/mapping/preview/expression/FilterExpressionPreviewDetailsPanel.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4d655b43a70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/page/admin/resource/component/wizard/schemaHandling/objectType/attribute/mapping/preview/expression/FilterExpressionPreviewDetailsPanel.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010-2026 Evolveum and contributors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the EUPL-1.2 or later.
+ */
+package com.evolveum.midpoint.gui.impl.page.admin.resource.component.wizard.schemaHandling.objectType.attribute.mapping.preview.expression;
+
+import org.apache.wicket.markup.html.basic.Label;
+import org.apache.wicket.model.IModel;
+
+import com.evolveum.midpoint.gui.api.component.BasePanel;
+import com.evolveum.midpoint.web.util.ExpressionUtil;
+import com.evolveum.midpoint.xml.ns._public.common.common_3.ExpressionType;
+import com.evolveum.midpoint.xml.ns._public.common.common_3.FilterExpressionEvaluatorType;
+import com.evolveum.prism.xml.ns._public.query_3.SearchFilterType;
+
+/**
+ * Preview panel for filter expressions.
+ */
+public class FilterExpressionPreviewDetailsPanel extends BasePanel<ExpressionType> {
+
+    private static final String ID_QUERY = "query";
+
+    public FilterExpressionPreviewDetailsPanel(String id, IModel<ExpressionType> model) {
+        super(id, model);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onInitialize() {
+        super.onInitialize();
+
+        add(new Label(ID_QUERY, getModel().map(FilterExpressionPreviewDetailsPanel::extractQuery)));
+    }
+
+    private static String extractQuery(ExpressionType expression) {
+        FilterExpressionEvaluatorType evaluator = ExpressionUtil.getFilterExpressionValue(expression);
+        if (evaluator == null || evaluator.getFilter() == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return evaluator.getFilter().getText();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/page/admin/resource/component/wizard/schemaHandling/objectType/attribute/mapping/preview/expression/PreviewExpressionPanel.java b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/page/admin/resource/component/wizard/schemaHandling/objectType/attribute/mapping/preview/expression/PreviewExpressionPanel.java
index cde2aa97799..95a2a6d372a 100644
--- a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/page/admin/resource/component/wizard/schemaHandling/objectType/attribute/mapping/preview/expression/PreviewExpressionPanel.java
+++ b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/gui/impl/page/admin/resource/component/wizard/schemaHandling/objectType/attribute/mapping/preview/expression/PreviewExpressionPanel.java
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 import com.evolveum.midpoint.gui.api.component.BasePanel;
-import com.evolveum.midpoint.prism.PrismContext;
-import com.evolveum.midpoint.util.logging.Trace;
-import com.evolveum.midpoint.util.logging.TraceManager;
 import com.evolveum.midpoint.web.component.util.VisibleBehaviour;
 import com.evolveum.midpoint.web.util.ExpressionUtil;
 import com.evolveum.midpoint.web.util.ExpressionUtil.ExpressionEvaluatorType;
@@ -33,8 +30,6 @@
  */
 public class PreviewExpressionPanel extends BasePanel<ExpressionType> {
 
-    private static final Trace LOGGER = TraceManager.getTrace(PreviewExpressionPanel.class);
-
     private static final String ID_EXPRESSION_LABEL = "expressionLabel";
     private static final String ID_TYPE_BADGE = "typeBadge";
     private static final String ID_DESCRIPTION = "description";
@@ -55,6 +50,8 @@ public enum RecognizedEvaluator {
                 "ExpressionEvaluatorType.SHADOW_OWNER_REFERENCE_SEARCH"),
         PATH(ExpressionEvaluatorType.PATH,
                 "ExpressionEvaluatorType.PATH"),
+        FILTER(ExpressionEvaluatorType.FILTER,
+                "ExpressionEvaluatorType.FILTER"),
         NULL(ExpressionEvaluatorType.NULL,
                 "ExpressionEvaluatorType.NULL");
 
@@ -127,8 +124,7 @@ private String getDescription() {
     }
 
     private RecognizedEvaluator resolveEvaluator() {
-        String expression = ExpressionUtil.loadExpression(getModelObject(), PrismContext.get(), LOGGER);
-        ExpressionEvaluatorType type = ExpressionUtil.getExpressionType(expression);
+        ExpressionEvaluatorType type = ExpressionUtil.getExpressionType(getModelObject());
         return recognizeEvaluator(type);
     }
 
@@ -142,6 +138,7 @@ private RecognizedEvaluator resolveEvaluator() {
             case LITERAL -> new LiteralExpressionPreviewDetailsPanel(PreviewExpressionPanel.ID_DETAILS, getModel());
             case PATH -> new PathExpressionPreviewDetailsPanel(PreviewExpressionPanel.ID_DETAILS, getModel());
             case GENERATE -> new GenerateExpressionPreviewDetailsPanel(PreviewExpressionPanel.ID_DETAILS, getModel());
+            case FILTER -> new FilterExpressionPreviewDetailsPanel(PreviewExpressionPanel.ID_DETAILS, getModel());
             default -> invisiblePanel();
         };
     }
diff --git a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/web/page/admin/reports/component/SearchFilterConfigurationPanel.html b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/web/page/admin/reports/component/SearchFilterConfigurationPanel.html
index 93dce79ae3a..79e87fc3d22 100644
--- a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/web/page/admin/reports/component/SearchFilterConfigurationPanel.html
+++ b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/web/page/admin/reports/component/SearchFilterConfigurationPanel.html
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
             <div wicket:id="aceEditorField"/>
             <div wicket:id="textField"/>
         </div>
-        <a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary" wicket:id="fieldTypeButton">
+        <a class="btn btn-sm btn-light border" wicket:id="fieldTypeButton">
             <span wicket:id="fieldTypeButtonLabel"/>
         </a>
-        <a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary" wicket:id="configureButton">
+        <a class="btn btn-sm btn-light border" wicket:id="configureButton">
             <i class="fa fa-cog"/>
         </a>
     </div>
diff --git a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/web/page/admin/reports/component/SearchFilterConfigurationPanel.java b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/web/page/admin/reports/component/SearchFilterConfigurationPanel.java
index f9135ae3c31..2d9924150ae 100644
--- a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/web/page/admin/reports/component/SearchFilterConfigurationPanel.java
+++ b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/web/page/admin/reports/component/SearchFilterConfigurationPanel.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.wicket.markup.html.basic.Label;
 import org.apache.wicket.markup.html.form.FormComponent;
 import org.apache.wicket.model.IModel;
+import org.apache.wicket.model.StringResourceModel;
 
 import com.evolveum.midpoint.gui.api.model.LoadableModel;
 import com.evolveum.midpoint.gui.api.util.WebComponentUtil;
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ private enum FieldType {
 
     private LoadableModel<Class<O>> filterTypeModel;
 
-    private QName filterObjectType;
+    private final IModel<QName> filterObjectTypeModel;
 
     private FieldType fieldType;
 
@@ -72,11 +73,11 @@ private enum FieldType {
     private final IModel<SearchFilterType> beanModel;
 
     public SearchFilterConfigurationPanel(String id, IModel<PrismPropertyWrapper<SearchFilterType>> itemModel,
-            IModel<SearchFilterType> model, QName filterObjectType) {
+            IModel<SearchFilterType> model, IModel<QName> filterObjectTypeModel) {
         super(id);
         this.beanModel = model;
         this.itemModel = itemModel;
-        this.filterObjectType = filterObjectType;
+        this.filterObjectTypeModel = filterObjectTypeModel;
         // todo why resolving model in constructor?
         if (model.getObject() == null || StringUtils.isNotBlank(model.getObject().getText())) {
             fieldType = FieldType.QUERY;
@@ -88,10 +89,15 @@ public SearchFilterConfigurationPanel(String id, IModel<PrismPropertyWrapper<Sea
     @Override
     protected void onInitialize() {
         super.onInitialize();
+        setOutputMarkupId(true);
         initFilterTypeModel();
         initLayout();
     }
 
+    private QName getFilterObjectType() {
+        return filterObjectTypeModel != null ? filterObjectTypeModel.getObject() : null;
+    }
+
     private void initFilterTypeModel() {
         filterTypeModel = new LoadableModel<>() {
             @Serial private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -99,8 +105,8 @@ private void initFilterTypeModel() {
             @Override
             public Class<O> load() {
                 QName filterType = null;
-                if (filterObjectType != null) {
-                    filterType = filterObjectType;
+                if (getFilterObjectType() != null) {
+                    filterType = getFilterObjectType();
                 } else if (itemModel != null && itemModel.getObject() != null ) {
                     var item = itemModel.getObject().getItem();
                     if (item != null && item.getValue() != null) {
@@ -125,7 +131,7 @@ private void initLayout() {
         aceEditorField.add(new VisibleBehaviour(() -> FieldType.XML.equals(fieldType)));
         container.add(aceEditorField);
 
-        SearchFilterTypeForQueryModel queryModel = createQueryModel(getModel(), filterTypeModel, filterObjectType != null);
+        SearchFilterTypeForQueryModel queryModel = createQueryModel(getModel(), filterTypeModel, getFilterObjectType() != null);
         TextPanel textPanel = new TextPanel(ID_TEXT_FIELD, queryModel);
         textPanel.add(new VisibleBehaviour(() -> FieldType.QUERY.equals(fieldType)));
         if (addEmptyBlumBehaviourToTextField()) {
@@ -142,7 +148,7 @@ public void onClick(AjaxRequestTarget target) {
                 searchConfigurationPerformed(target);
             }
         };
-        searchConfigurationButton.add(new VisibleBehaviour(() -> filterObjectType != null));
+        searchConfigurationButton.add(new VisibleBehaviour(() -> getFilterObjectType() != null));
         add(searchConfigurationButton);
 
         IModel<String> labelModel = () -> {
@@ -216,12 +222,28 @@ protected void filterConfiguredPerformed(ObjectFilter configuredFilter, AjaxRequ
                     LoggingUtils.logUnexpectedException(LOGGER, "Cannot serialize filter", e);
                 }
             }
+
+            @Override
+            public StringResourceModel getTitle() {
+                StringResourceModel title = getConfigPanelTitle();
+                return title != null ? title : super.getTitle();
+            }
         };
         getPageBase().showMainPopup(configPanel, target);
     }
 
+
+    /**
+     * Title of the query builder popup. Null keeps the default one.
+     *
+     * @return the {@code StringResourceModel} representing the title of the configuration panel.
+     */
+    protected StringResourceModel getConfigPanelTitle() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
     private void updateModelToMidpointQuery() {
-        if (filterObjectType == null || getModel().getObject() == null) {
+        if (getFilterObjectType() == null || getModel().getObject() == null) {
             return;
         }
         SearchFilterTypeForQueryModel queryModel = createQueryModel(getModel(), filterTypeModel, true);
diff --git a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/web/util/ExpressionUtil.java b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/web/util/ExpressionUtil.java
index 76302844481..21faf5b63e3 100644
--- a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/web/util/ExpressionUtil.java
+++ b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/web/util/ExpressionUtil.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ public enum ExpressionEvaluatorType {
         GENERATE,
         ASSOCIATION_FROM_LINK,
         SHADOW_OWNER_REFERENCE_SEARCH,
+        FILTER,
         NULL
     }
 
@@ -162,6 +163,21 @@ public static String getExpressionString(ExpressionEvaluatorType type) {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     *
+     * Recognizes the evaluator from the bean. Preferred over the text based variant - search evaluators
+     * contain a nested {@code filter} element, so the serialized form cannot tell them apart.
+     *
+     * @param expression expression in which we are looking for the evaluator.
+     * @return expression evaluator type.
+     */
+    public static ExpressionEvaluatorType getExpressionType(ExpressionType expression) {
+        if (!findAllEvaluatorsByName(expression, SchemaConstantsGenerated.C_FILTER).isEmpty()) {
+            return ExpressionEvaluatorType.FILTER;
+        }
+        return getExpressionType(loadExpression(expression, PrismContext.get(), LOGGER));
+    }
+
     public static ExpressionEvaluatorType getExpressionType(String expression) {
         if (expression.contains(ELEMENT_SHADOW_OWNER_REFERENCE_SEARCH) || expression.contains(ELEMENT_SHADOW_OWNER_REFERENCE_SEARCH_WITH_NS)) {
             return ExpressionEvaluatorType.SHADOW_OWNER_REFERENCE_SEARCH;
@@ -586,6 +602,22 @@ public static ScriptExpressionEvaluatorType getScriptExpressionValue(ExpressionT
         return null;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the filter evaluator of the expression.
+     *
+     * @param expression in which we are looking for the evaluator.
+     * @return the filter evaluator, or null when the expression has none.
+     */
+    public static FilterExpressionEvaluatorType getFilterExpressionValue(ExpressionType expression) {
+        List<JAXBElement<?>> elements = ExpressionUtil.findAllEvaluatorsByName(expression, SchemaConstantsGenerated.C_FILTER);
+        for (JAXBElement<?> element : elements) {
+            if (element.getValue() instanceof FilterExpressionEvaluatorType evaluator) {
+                return evaluator;
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     public static ItemPathType getPathExpressionValue(ExpressionType expression) throws SchemaException {
         List<JAXBElement<?>> elements = ExpressionUtil.findAllEvaluatorsByName(expression, SchemaConstantsGenerated.C_PATH);
         for (JAXBElement<?> element : elements) {
@@ -665,6 +697,19 @@ public static ExpressionType updateScriptExpressionValue(
                 expression, evaluator, ScriptExpressionEvaluatorType.class, SchemaConstantsGenerated.C_SCRIPT);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Makes the filter evaluator the only evaluator of the expression. A null evaluator removes it.
+     *
+     * @param expression to update, created when null.
+     * @param evaluator filter evaluator to store.
+     * @return the updated expression, or null when the evaluator was null.
+     */
+    public static ExpressionType updateFilterExpressionValue(
+            ExpressionType expression, FilterExpressionEvaluatorType evaluator) throws SchemaException {
+        return updateExpressionEvaluator(
+                expression, evaluator, FilterExpressionEvaluatorType.class, SchemaConstantsGenerated.C_FILTER);
+    }
+
     public static ExpressionType updatePathEvaluator(ExpressionType expression, ItemPathType path) throws SchemaException {
         return updateExpressionEvaluator(
                 expression, path, ItemPathType.class, SchemaConstantsGenerated.C_PATH);