Creating Filters

Creating filters reduces the amount of data seen in the AppFlow Monitor. You can create simple or complex filters, depending on the criteria you specify. By doing so, you can focus on points of interest without distraction from other applications.

Topics:

•	Creating a Filter with Filter View

•	Viewing Entries in Filter View

•	Saving Filter Views

•	Deleting Filter Views

•	Creating a Filter with the Filter Text Field

Creating a Filter with Filter View

To create a filter using Filter View, perform the following steps:

1	Navigate to Dashboard > AppFlow Monitor.

2	Select a tab; for example, Applications or Users.

3	Select the checkbox(es) of the item(s) on the tab you wish to add to the filter.

4	Click either the Filter View button or the Add to Filter button.

After entries have been added to the filter, only those entries are visible in the tab. In the other AppFlow Monitor tabs, only information about those items associated with the filtered entries are visible.

Tabs with a filter are indicated by a button in the Filter View.

5	To further refine the filter, select another tab and repeat <Blue XRef>3 and <Blue XRef>4. Each tab is added to the Filter View.

Viewing Entries in Filter View

For a quick look at the items in a filter view, click on the name of the tab in the filter view. A drop-down menu appears listing all items selected in that tab.

To close the drop-down menu, click the name of the tab in the Filter View.

Saving Filter Views

You can save a filter view for future use.

To save a filter view, follow these steps.

1	Click the Load Filter drop-down menu.

2	Select the blank line at the top of the list.

3	Enter a friendly, easy-to-remember name for the filter.

4	Click the Save Filter button next to the Load Filter drop-down menu.

Deleting Filter Views

You can delete all the filter views, the filter view of a tab, or just a few of the items in a particular filter view.

 

Table 12. How to delete filter views

To Delete	Do This
All the filter views	Click the X in the Remove from Filter button
A particular filter view	Click the X in the Filter View button for that tab
One or more items in a filter view	Click the name of the tab to display the drop-down menu, and then click the X next to the item(s) to delete
A saved filter	Select the filter in the Load Filter drop-down menu and then click the Delete button to the right of the Load Filter drop-down menu

Creating a Filter with the Filter Text Field

The Dashboard > AppFlow Monitor page has a Filter text field in which you can enter a text string to use for filtering the displayed information. Valid text strings are names such as Google, Firefox, or IP addresses.