To reproduce: private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.suppliersTableAdapter.Fill(this.nwindDataSet.Suppliers); this.productsTableAdapter.Fill(this.nwindDataSet.Products); radGridView1.DataSource = nwindDataSet.Suppliers; radGridView1.BestFitColumns(BestFitColumnMode.AllCells); GridViewTemplate template = CreateTemplate(this.productsBindingSource); template.DataSource = nwindDataSet.Products; radGridView1.MasterTemplate.Templates.Add(template); GridViewRelation relation = new GridViewRelation(radGridView1.MasterTemplate); relation.ChildTemplate = template; relation.RelationName = "SuppliersProducts"; relation.ParentColumnNames.Add("SupplierID"); relation.ChildColumnNames.Add("SupplierID"); radGridView1.Relations.Add(relation); } private GridViewTemplate CreateTemplate(BindingSource source) { GridViewTemplate template = new GridViewTemplate(); template.Caption = "TaskTemplate"; template.AllowAddNewRow = false; template.EnableFiltering = true; FilterDescriptor filter = new FilterDescriptor(); filter.PropertyName = "ReorderLevel"; filter.Operator = FilterOperator.IsNotEqualTo; filter.Value = 25; template.FilterDescriptors.Add(filter); template.ShowFilteringRow = false; template.SortDescriptors.Expression = "ProductName ASC, UnitPrice ASC"; template.DataSource = source; template.BestFitColumns(BestFitColumnMode.AllCells); return template; } Workaround: set the filter after the hierarchy setup: private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.suppliersTableAdapter.Fill(this.nwindDataSet.Suppliers); this.productsTableAdapter.Fill(this.nwindDataSet.Products); radGridView1.DataSource = nwindDataSet.Suppliers; radGridView1.BestFitColumns(BestFitColumnMode.AllCells); GridViewTemplate template = CreateTemplate(this.productsBindingSource); template.DataSource = nwindDataSet.Products; radGridView1.MasterTemplate.Templates.Add(template); GridViewRelation relation = new GridViewRelation(radGridView1.MasterTemplate); relation.ChildTemplate = template; relation.RelationName = "SuppliersProducts"; relation.ParentColumnNames.Add("SupplierID"); relation.ChildColumnNames.Add("SupplierID"); radGridView1.Relations.Add(relation); FilterDescriptor filter = new FilterDescriptor(); filter.PropertyName = "ReorderLevel"; filter.Operator = FilterOperator.IsNotEqualTo; filter.Value = 25; template.FilterDescriptors.Add(filter); } private GridViewTemplate CreateTemplate(BindingSource source) { GridViewTemplate template = new GridViewTemplate(); template.Caption = "TaskTemplate"; template.AllowAddNewRow = false; template.EnableFiltering = true; template.ShowFilteringRow = false; template.SortDescriptors.Expression = "ProductName ASC, UnitPrice ASC"; template.DataSource = source; template.BestFitColumns(BestFitColumnMode.AllCells); return template; }