diff --git a/asset/js/widget/Completer.js b/asset/js/widget/Completer.js
index a11548a3f..a3377f633 100644
--- a/asset/js/widget/Completer.js
+++ b/asset/js/widget/Completer.js
@@ -721,6 +721,7 @@ define(["../notjQuery"], function ($) {
             // choose a suggestion, an up2date contextual value will be transmitted with
             // completion requests and the server can properly identify a new value upon submit
             input.dataset.search = input.value;
+            input.title = input.value;
             if (typeof input.form[input.name + '-search'] !== 'undefined') {
                 let dataElement = input.form[input.name + '-search'];
                 if (dataElement instanceof RadioNodeList) {
@@ -730,6 +731,10 @@ define(["../notjQuery"], function ($) {
                 dataElement.value = input.value;
             }
 
+            input.form.querySelectorAll(
+                `input[type="hidden"][name^="${input.name}-"]:not([name="${input.name}-search"])`
+            ).forEach(i => i.value = '');
+
             let [value, data] = this.prepareCompletionData(input);
             this.completedInput = input;
             this.completedValue = value;
diff --git a/src/Control/SearchEditor.php b/src/Control/SearchEditor.php
index db6d0a114..8581fe80e 100644
--- a/src/Control/SearchEditor.php
+++ b/src/Control/SearchEditor.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace ipl\Web\Control;
 
+use Icinga\Exception\ConfigurationError;
 use ipl\Html\Attributes;
 use ipl\Html\Form;
 use ipl\Html\FormDecorator\CallbackDecorator;
@@ -55,10 +56,14 @@ class SearchEditor extends Form
     /** @var bool */
     protected $cleared = false;
 
+    /** @var string[] Additional fields to add to the condition's `metadata` */
+    protected array $metadataFields = [];
+
     /**
      * Set the filter query string to populate the form with
      *
      * Use {@see SearchEditor::getParser()} to subscribe to parser events.
+     * Calling this resets any filter previously set by {@see SearchEditor::setFilter()}
      *
      * @param string $query
      *
@@ -67,6 +72,7 @@ class SearchEditor extends Form
     public function setQueryString($query)
     {
         $this->queryString = $query;
+        $this->filter = null;
 
         return $this;
     }
@@ -95,6 +101,32 @@ public function setSuggestionUrl(Url $url)
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set additional fields to add to the condition's `metadata`
+     *
+     * The values of these fields are populated into the condition's `metadata`
+     *
+     * @param array $fields
+     *
+     * @return $this
+     *
+     * @throws ConfigurationError When array contains reserved keywords: `search`, `title`
+     */
+    public function setMetadataFields(array $fields): static
+    {
+        // `search` is already a hidden field, and `title` has special handling in js Completer.complete()
+        $reserved = array_intersect($fields, ['search', 'title']);
+        if (! empty($reserved)) {
+            throw new ConfigurationError(
+                sprintf("Reserved keyword(s) not allowed as metadata field: %s", implode(', ', $reserved))
+            );
+        }
+
+        $this->metadataFields = $fields;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the query string parser being used
      *
@@ -125,6 +157,25 @@ public function getFilter()
         return $this->filter;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set the filter to populate the form with
+     *
+     * Overwrites any query string previously set by {@see SearchEditor::setQueryString()}.
+     *
+     * @param Filter\Rule $filter
+     *
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setFilter(Filter\Rule $filter): static
+    {
+        $this->filter = $filter;
+        $this->queryString = $filter instanceof Filter\Chain && $filter->isEmpty()
+            ? ''
+            : (new Renderer($filter))->setStrict()->render();
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get inline stylesheet
      *
@@ -195,6 +246,10 @@ protected function applyChanges(Filter\Rule $rule, array &$values, array $path =
             } else {
                 // Make sure we don't forget to present the column labels again
                 $rule->metaData()->set('columnLabel', $this->popKey($values, $identifier . '-column'));
+
+                foreach ($this->metadataFields as $fieldName) {
+                    $rule->metaData()->set($fieldName, $this->popKey($values, $identifier . '-column-' . $fieldName));
+                }
             }
 
             if ($newColumn !== null && $rule->getColumn() !== $newColumn) {
@@ -551,6 +606,16 @@ protected function createCondition(Filter\Condition $condition, $identifier)
             }]
         ]);
 
+        $metadataFields = new HtmlDocument();
+        foreach ($this->metadataFields as $fieldNameSuffix) {
+            $columnMetaInput = $this->createElement('hidden', $identifier . '-column-' . $fieldNameSuffix, [
+                'value' => $condition->metaData()->get($fieldNameSuffix)
+            ]);
+            $this->registerElement($columnMetaInput);
+
+            $metadataFields->addHtml($columnMetaInput);
+        }
+
         $operatorInput = $this->createElement('select', $identifier . '-operator', [
             'options'   => [
                 '~'     => '~',
@@ -588,6 +653,7 @@ protected function createCondition(Filter\Condition $condition, $identifier)
             $columnInput,
             $columnFakeInput,
             $columnSearchInput,
+            $metadataFields,
             $operatorInput,
             $valueInput
         );