diff --git a/adminforth/documentation/docs/tutorial/03-Customization/04-hooks.md b/adminforth/documentation/docs/tutorial/03-Customization/04-hooks.md
index a0478397..d63dbe78 100644
--- a/adminforth/documentation/docs/tutorial/03-Customization/04-hooks.md
+++ b/adminforth/documentation/docs/tutorial/03-Customization/04-hooks.md
@@ -135,16 +135,10 @@ For example we can prevent the user to see Apartments created by other users. Su
         if (adminUser.dbUser.role === "superadmin") {
           return { ok: true };
         }
-        if (!query.filters || query.filters.length === 0) {
-          query.filters = [];
-        }
-        // skip existing realtor_id filter if it comes from UI Filters (right panel)
-        query.filters = query.filters.filter((filter: any) => filter.field !== "realtor_id");
-        query.filters.push({
-          field: "realtor_id",
-          value: adminUser.dbUser.id,
-          operator: "eq",
-        });
+
+        // this function will skip existing realtor_id filter if it supplied already from UI or previous hook, and will add new one for realtor_id
+        query.filterTools.replaceOrAddTopFilter(Filters.EQ('realtor_id', adminUser.dbUser.id).
+       
         return { ok: true };
       },
     },
@@ -199,7 +193,7 @@ Let's limit it:
     dropdownList: {
       beforeDatasourceRequest: async ({ adminUser, query }: { adminUser: AdminUser, query: any }) => {
         if (adminUser.dbUser.role !== "superadmin") {
-          query.filters = [{field: "id", value: adminUser.dbUser.id, operator: "eq"}];
+          query.filtersTools.replaceOrAddTopFilter(Filters.EQ("id", adminUser.dbUser.id));
         };
         return {
           "ok": true,
diff --git a/adminforth/modules/filtersTools.ts b/adminforth/modules/filtersTools.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a662874
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adminforth/modules/filtersTools.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+export const filtersTools = {
+  get(query: any) {
+    return {
+      checkTopFilterExists(field: string) {
+        return Array.isArray(query.filters)
+          ? query.filters.some((f: any) => f.field === field)
+          : false;
+      },
+
+      removeTopFilter(field: string) {
+        if (!Array.isArray(query.filters)) {
+          throw new Error('query.filters is not an array');
+        }
+
+        if (!this.checkTopFilterExists(field)) {
+          throw new Error(`Top-level filter for field "${field}" not found`);
+        }
+
+        this.removeTopFilterIfExists(field);
+      },
+
+      removeTopFilterIfExists(field: string) {
+        if (!Array.isArray(query.filters)) return;
+        query.filters = query.filters.filter((f: any) => f.field !== field);
+      },
+
+      replaceOrAddTopFilter(filter: { field: string; value: any; operator: string }) {
+        if (!Array.isArray(query.filters)) query.filters = [];
+        this.removeTopFilterIfExists(filter.field);
+        query.filters.push(filter);
+      }
+    };
+  }
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/adminforth/modules/restApi.ts b/adminforth/modules/restApi.ts
index ff746a1a..499ee606 100644
--- a/adminforth/modules/restApi.ts
+++ b/adminforth/modules/restApi.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { ActionCheckSource, AdminForthConfigMenuItem, AdminForthDataTypes, Admin
    AnnouncementBadgeResponse,
    GetBaseConfigResponse,
    ShowInResolved} from "../types/Common.js";
+import { filtersTools } from "../modules/filtersTools.js";
 
 export async function interpretResource(
   adminUser: AdminUser, 
@@ -614,10 +615,13 @@ export default class AdminForthRestAPI implements IAdminForthRestAPI {
         }[source];
 
         for (const hook of listify(resource.hooks?.[hookSource]?.beforeDatasourceRequest)) {
+          const filterTools = filtersTools.get(body);
+          body.filtersTools = filterTools;
           const resp = await hook({
             resource,
             query: body,
             adminUser,
+            filtersTools: filterTools, 
             extra: {
               body, query, headers, cookies, requestUrl
             },
@@ -856,9 +860,12 @@ export default class AdminForthRestAPI implements IAdminForthRestAPI {
           targetResources.map(async (targetResource) => {
             return new Promise(async (resolve) => {
               for (const hook of listify(columnConfig.foreignResource.hooks?.dropdownList?.beforeDatasourceRequest as BeforeDataSourceRequestFunction[])) {
+                const filterTools = filtersTools.get(body);
+                body.filtersTools = filterTools;
                 const resp = await hook({
                   query: body,
                   adminUser,
+                  filtersTools: filterTools, 
                   resource: targetResource,
                   extra: {
                     body, query, headers, cookies, requestUrl
diff --git a/dev-demo/resources/apartments.ts b/dev-demo/resources/apartments.ts
index 2f53ea41..19711395 100644
--- a/dev-demo/resources/apartments.ts
+++ b/dev-demo/resources/apartments.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {
   ActionCheckSource,
   AdminForthDataTypes,
+  AdminForthResource,
   AdminForthResourcePages,
   AdminUser,
   Filters,
@@ -80,6 +81,20 @@ export default {
         });
         return { ok: true, error: "" };
       },
+      beforeDatasourceRequest: async ({
+        query, adminUser, resource,
+      }: {
+        query: any; adminUser: AdminUser; resource: AdminForthResource;
+      }) => {
+        if (adminUser.dbUser.role === "superadmin") {
+          return { ok: true };
+        }
+
+        // this function will skip existing realtor_id filter if it supplied already from UI or previous hook, and will add new one for realtor_id
+        query.filtersTools.replaceOrAddTopFilter(Filters.EQ('realtor_id', adminUser.dbUser.id));
+       
+        return { ok: true };
+      },
     },
   },
   columns: [
@@ -275,6 +290,25 @@ export default {
       name: "listed",
       required: true, // will be required on create/edit
     },
+    {
+      name: 'realtor_id',
+      showIn: {filter: true, show: true, edit: true, list: true, create: true},
+      foreignResource: {
+        resourceId: 'users',
+        hooks: {
+          dropdownList: {
+            beforeDatasourceRequest: async ({ adminUser, query }: { adminUser: AdminUser, query: any }) => {
+              if (adminUser.dbUser.role !== "superadmin") {
+                query.filtersTools.replaceOrAddTopFilter(Filters.EQ("id", adminUser.dbUser.id));
+              };
+              return {
+                "ok": true,
+              };
+            }
+          },
+        }
+      }
+    },
     {
       name: "user_id",
       showIn: {filter: true, show: true, edit: true, list: true, create: true},