# Candidate details

### Overview

Candidate details capture important metadata about your design that can be used to sort, filter, and identify layout candidates that best meet your design criteria.

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### Available metadata

Quilter presents the following candidate metadata for review, some of which can be used to create filters on the candidate review page.

<table><thead><tr><th width="156.38671875">Field</th><th width="437.25">Description</th><th width="151.08984375">Filter by?</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Candidate name</td><td>Idenfities the candidate number for easy identification</td><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="274c">❌</span> No</td></tr><tr><td>Routing completion</td><td>Identifies the % of pins to route that were successfully completed within the design.</td><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="2705">✅</span> Yes (toggle)</td></tr><tr><td>DRC error count</td><td>Identifies the number of Quilter-generated DRC violations. Quilter currently prevents any candidate with DRC errors from being surfaced to Candidate Review.</td><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="274c">❌</span> No</td></tr><tr><td>Single-sided</td><td>Identifies whether the candidate uses single- or double-sided placement.</td><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="2705">✅</span> Yes (checkbox)</td></tr><tr><td>Layer count</td><td>Identifies the number of layers used in the design.</td><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="2705">✅</span> Yes (multi-select filter)</td></tr><tr><td>Minimum trace width</td><td>Identifies the minimum trace width used in the design. <br><br>This figure identifies the <em>actual</em> minimum trace width in the design (not the fabrication rules), which may include narrower widths resulting from neck-downs.</td><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="2705">✅</span> Yes (single-select filter)</td></tr><tr><td>Minimum trace clearance</td><td>Identifies the minimum trace clearance used in the design.</td><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="2705">✅</span> Yes (single-select filter)</td></tr><tr><td>Minimum via diameter</td><td>Identifies the minimum via diameter used in the design.</td><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="274c">❌</span> Not yet (planned)</td></tr><tr><td>Minimum drill diameter</td><td>Identifies the minimum drill diameter used in the design.</td><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="274c">❌</span> Not yet (planned)</td></tr><tr><td>Via count</td><td>Identifies the number of individual vias used in the design.</td><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="274c">❌</span> No</td></tr></tbody></table>
