The following XML snippet provides initial filtering:
<mvc:View controllerName="sap.ui.sample.App" xmlns="sap.m" xmlns:l="sap.ui.layout" xmlns:mvc="sap.ui.core.mvc"><List items="{ path: '/companies', filters: [{path: 'city', operator: 'StartsWith', value1: 'B'}, {path: 'revenue', operator: 'LT', value1: 150000000}]}"><items><StandardListItem title="{name}" description="{city}" /></items></List> </mvc:View>
Source of information: Aggregation Binding - SAPUI5: UI Development Toolkit for HTML5 - SAP Library