When using RadGrid GridDropDownColumn that displays referenced data from a different table allow filter to be replaced with a dropdown of available values. For example if my database has a table called Groups with and Id field and Name field; and it also contains a Members table with a GroupId field which contains the Id from the Groups table when I configure the Members GroupId Field with GridDropDownColumn with ListTextField="Name" ListValueField="Id" DataField="GroupId" as the values for the dropdown I should be able to choose FilterType="DropDownControl" to get the functionality found here http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/grid/examples/functionality/filtering/filter-templates/defaultcs.aspx for City and Country columns.