diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-mapper/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/graph/SparkGraphImporterJob.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-mapper/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/graph/SparkGraphImporterJob.java
index 9d8d384b6..625b34223 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-mapper/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/graph/SparkGraphImporterJob.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-mapper/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/graph/SparkGraphImporterJob.java
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ public class SparkGraphImporterJob {
         final String inputPath = parser.get("input");
         final String outputPath = parser.get("outputDir");
 
+
+        final String filter = parser.get("filter");
+
+
+
         // Read the input file and convert it into RDD of serializable object
         final JavaRDD<Tuple2<String, String>> inputRDD = sc.sequenceFile(inputPath, Text.class, Text.class)
                 .map(item -> new Tuple2<>(item._1.toString(), item._2.toString()));
@@ -44,15 +49,22 @@ public class SparkGraphImporterJob {
 
         final Encoder<Relation> relationEncoder = Encoders.bean(Relation.class);
 
-        spark.createDataset(oafRdd.filter(s -> s instanceof Organization).map(s -> (Organization) s).rdd(), organizationEncoder).write().save(outputPath + "/organizations");
+        if (filter == null|| filter.toLowerCase().contains("organization"))
+            spark.createDataset(oafRdd.filter(s -> s instanceof Organization).map(s -> (Organization) s).rdd(), organizationEncoder).write().save(outputPath + "/organizations");
+        if (filter == null|| filter.toLowerCase().contains("project"))
         spark.createDataset(oafRdd.filter(s -> s instanceof Project).map(s -> (Project) s).rdd(), projectEncoder).write().save(outputPath + "/projects");
-        spark.createDataset(oafRdd.filter(s -> s instanceof Datasource).map(s -> (Datasource) s).rdd(), datasourceEncoder).write().save(outputPath + "/datasources");
-        spark.createDataset(oafRdd.filter(s -> s instanceof eu.dnetlib.dhp.schema.oaf.Dataset).map(s -> (eu.dnetlib.dhp.schema.oaf.Dataset) s).rdd(), datasetEncoder).write().save(outputPath + "/datasets");
+        if (filter == null|| filter.toLowerCase().contains("datasource"))
+            spark.createDataset(oafRdd.filter(s -> s instanceof Datasource).map(s -> (Datasource) s).rdd(), datasourceEncoder).write().save(outputPath + "/datasources");
+        if (filter == null|| filter.toLowerCase().contains("dataset"))
+            spark.createDataset(oafRdd.filter(s -> s instanceof eu.dnetlib.dhp.schema.oaf.Dataset).map(s -> (eu.dnetlib.dhp.schema.oaf.Dataset) s).rdd(), datasetEncoder).write().save(outputPath + "/datasets");
 
-        spark.createDataset(oafRdd.filter(s -> s instanceof Publication).map(s -> (Publication) s).rdd(), publicationEncoder).write().save(outputPath + "/publications");
-        spark.createDataset(oafRdd.filter(s -> s instanceof Software).map(s -> (Software) s).rdd(), softwareEncoder).write().save(outputPath + "/software");
-        spark.createDataset(oafRdd.filter(s -> s instanceof OtherResearchProducts).map(s -> (OtherResearchProducts) s).rdd(), otherResearchProductsEncoder).write().save(outputPath + "/otherResearchProducts");
-
-        spark.createDataset(oafRdd.filter(s -> s instanceof Relation).map(s -> (Relation) s).rdd(), relationEncoder).write().save(outputPath + "/relations");
+        if (filter == null|| filter.toLowerCase().contains("publication"))
+            spark.createDataset(oafRdd.filter(s -> s instanceof Publication).map(s -> (Publication) s).rdd(), publicationEncoder).write().save(outputPath + "/publications");
+        if (filter == null|| filter.toLowerCase().contains("software"))
+            spark.createDataset(oafRdd.filter(s -> s instanceof Software).map(s -> (Software) s).rdd(), softwareEncoder).write().save(outputPath + "/software");
+        if (filter == null|| filter.toLowerCase().contains("otherresearchproduct"))
+            spark.createDataset(oafRdd.filter(s -> s instanceof OtherResearchProducts).map(s -> (OtherResearchProducts) s).rdd(), otherResearchProductsEncoder).write().save(outputPath + "/otherResearchProducts");
+        if (filter == null|| filter.toLowerCase().contains("relation"))
+            spark.createDataset(oafRdd.filter(s -> s instanceof Relation).map(s -> (Relation) s).rdd(), relationEncoder).write().save(outputPath + "/relations");
     }
 }
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-mapper/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/graph/input_graph_parameters.json b/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-mapper/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/graph/input_graph_parameters.json
index 50378b465..3e0a45dbf 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-mapper/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/graph/input_graph_parameters.json
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-mapper/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/graph/input_graph_parameters.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [
   {"paramName":"mt",  "paramLongName":"master",             "paramDescription": "should be local or yarn",                                  "paramRequired": true},
   {"paramName":"i",   "paramLongName":"input",              "paramDescription": "the path of the sequencial file to read",                  "paramRequired": true},
+  {"paramName":"f",   "paramLongName":"filter",              "paramDescription": "csv of typology of dataframe to be generated",            "paramRequired": false},
   {"paramName":"o",   "paramLongName":"outputDir",          "paramDescription": "the path where store DataFrames on HDFS",                  "paramRequired": true}
 ]
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diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-mapper/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/graph/oozie_app/config-default.xml b/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-mapper/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/graph/oozie_app/config-default.xml
index 2e0ed9aee..b2b577712 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-mapper/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/graph/oozie_app/config-default.xml
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-mapper/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/graph/oozie_app/config-default.xml
@@ -15,4 +15,8 @@
         <name>oozie.action.sharelib.for.spark</name>
         <value>spark2</value>
     </property>
+    <property>
+        <name>filter</name>
+        <value></value>
+    </property>
 </configuration>
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diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-mapper/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/graph/oozie_app/workflow.xml b/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-mapper/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/graph/oozie_app/workflow.xml
index 08e52f62c..6375e27a6 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-mapper/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/graph/oozie_app/workflow.xml
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-mapper/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/graph/oozie_app/workflow.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
             <name>sparkExecutorCores</name>
             <description>number of cores used by single executor</description>
         </property>
+        <property>
+            <name>filter</name>
+            <description>csv string to filter the entities to generate</description>
+        </property>
     </parameters>
 
     <start to="MapGraphIntoDataFrame"/>
@@ -41,6 +45,8 @@
             <arg>-mt</arg> <arg>yarn-cluster</arg>
             <arg>--input</arg><arg>${sourcePath}</arg>
             <arg>--outputDir</arg><arg>${targetPath}</arg>
+            <arg>--filter</arg><arg>${filter}</arg>
+
         </spark>
         <ok to="End"/>
         <error to="Kill"/>
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-mapper/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/graph/SparkGraphImporterJobTest.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-mapper/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/graph/SparkGraphImporterJobTest.java
index 5854aa519..ce5185b61 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-mapper/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/graph/SparkGraphImporterJobTest.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-mapper/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/graph/SparkGraphImporterJobTest.java
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ public class SparkGraphImporterJobTest {
     @Test
     @Ignore
     public void  testImport() throws Exception {
-        SparkGraphImporterJob.main(new String[]{"-mt", "local[*]","-i", "/home/sandro/part-m-02236", "-o", "/tmp/dataframes"});
+        SparkGraphImporterJob.main(new String[]{"-mt", "local[*]","-i", "/home/sandro/part-m-02236", "-o", "/tmp/dataframes", "-f", "software,relation"});
     }
 
 }