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Use the page's Settings button (usually near the top of the page) to configure its startup behavior. There are two main options: showing default data as-is, or running a search on open — and if you choose the search option, you can point it at either a fresh ad hoc search or one of your saved searches, which is where you'd define the filter conditions and sort order you want applied automatically. The same behavior can also be set at the development level via the page's startupmode property, if you're configuring this as part of a custom page rather than through the runtime Settings dialog.