diff --git a/packages/components/src/custom/TypingFilter/TypingFIlters.tsx b/packages/components/src/custom/TypingFilter/TypingFIlters.tsx
index 0dd44e57..b19834b3 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/custom/TypingFilter/TypingFIlters.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/custom/TypingFilter/TypingFIlters.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { List } from '../../base/List';
 import { ListItem } from '../../base/ListItem';
 import { Typography } from '../../base/Typography';
 import { FilterSchema, FilterStateType, FilteringEvents } from '../../utils/typing.state';
+import { getCurrentFilterAndValue } from '../../utils/typing.utils';
 
 interface TypingFiltersType {
   filterStateMachine: FilterStateType;
diff --git a/packages/components/src/custom/TypingFilter/TypingFilterSuggestions.tsx b/packages/components/src/custom/TypingFilter/TypingFilterSuggestions.tsx
index fdd93488..2cfe0386 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/custom/TypingFilter/TypingFilterSuggestions.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/custom/TypingFilter/TypingFilterSuggestions.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { List } from '../../base/List';
 import { ListItem } from '../../base/ListItem';
 import { Typography } from '../../base/Typography';
 import { FilterSchema, FilterStateType, FilteringEvents } from '../../utils/typing.state';
+import { getCurrentFilterAndValue } from '../../utils/typing.utils';
 
 interface TypingFilterValueSuggestionsType {
   filterStateMachine: FilterStateType;
diff --git a/packages/components/src/custom/TypingFilter/index.tsx b/packages/components/src/custom/TypingFilter/index.tsx
index e061704f..262877a9 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/custom/TypingFilter/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/custom/TypingFilter/index.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
 import TypingFilterInput from './TypingFIlterInput';
 import { TypingFilters } from './TypingFIlters';
 import { TypingFilterValueSuggestions } from './TypingFilterSuggestions';
+import { getFilters } from '../../utils/typing.utils';
 
 interface TypingFilterType {
   filterSchema: FilterSchema;
diff --git a/packages/components/src/utils/typing.utils.ts b/packages/components/src/utils/typing.utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..faee7947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/components/src/utils/typing.utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+import { FilterSchema, Delimiter, FilterStateType } from "./typing.state";
+
+export type Filters = Record<string, string[] | undefined>;
+  
+  /**
+   * Returns the filter object from the filterSchema
+   *
+   * @param value
+   * @param filterSchema
+   * @returns
+   */
+  export const getFilterByValue = (
+    value: string,
+    filterSchema: FilterSchema,
+  ): { value: string; multiple: boolean } | undefined => {
+    const matchingFilterKey = Object.keys(filterSchema).find(
+      (key) => filterSchema[key].value === value,
+    );
+  
+    if (matchingFilterKey) {
+      const matchingFilter = filterSchema[matchingFilterKey];
+      return {
+        value: matchingFilter.value ?? "",
+        multiple: !!matchingFilter.multiple,
+      };
+    }
+  
+    return undefined;
+  };
+  
+  /**
+   * Parses a filter string and returns a filter object
+   *
+   * @param filterString  - The input filter string of the form "type:value type2:value2 type:value2"
+   * @param filterSchema - The filter object with types as keys and arrays of values as values
+   * @returns
+   */
+  export const getFilters = (
+    filterString: string,
+    filterSchema: FilterSchema,
+  ): Filters => {
+    const filters: Filters = {};
+  
+    const filterValuePairs = filterString.split(Delimiter.FILTER);
+  
+    filterValuePairs.forEach((filterValuePair) => {
+      const [filter, value] = filterValuePair.split(Delimiter.FILTER_VALUE);
+  
+      const schemaEntry = filterSchema[filter];
+  
+      if (schemaEntry && schemaEntry.multiple) {
+        filters[filter] = filters[filter] ?? [];
+        filters[filter]!.push(value); // Using non-null assertion
+      } else {
+        filters[filter] = [value]; // Treat as an array
+      }
+    });
+  
+    return filters;
+  };
+  
+  /**
+   * Returns a filter string of form "type:value type2:value2 type:value2" from
+   * a filter object of { type: { values }, type2: { values } }
+   *
+   * @param filters
+   * @returns
+   */
+  export const getFilterString = (filters: FilterSchema) => {
+    return Object.entries(filters).reduce((filterString, [filter, values]) => {
+      const valuesArray = values?.values ?? [];
+      const filterValuesString = valuesArray
+        .map((value) => `${filter}${Delimiter.FILTER_VALUE}${value}`)
+        .join(" ");
+  
+      return filterString + filterValuesString;
+    }, "");
+  };
+  
+  /**
+   *
+   * @param filteringState
+   * @returns
+   */
+  export const getCurrentFilterAndValue = (filteringState: FilterStateType) => {
+    const { context } = filteringState;
+    const currentFilterValue = context?.value?.split(Delimiter.FILTER).at(-1);
+    const currentFilter =
+      currentFilterValue?.split(Delimiter.FILTER_VALUE)?.[0] ?? "";
+    const currentValue =
+      currentFilterValue?.split(Delimiter.FILTER_VALUE)?.[1] ?? "";
+    return {
+      filter: currentFilter,
+      value: currentValue,
+    };
+  };
+  
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