Filter: Use Column Filters
Tag: Filter
The Filter tag, when used with specific combinations of attributes, lets you automate the various filter functions available in column headers.
<Filter ColumnID="5" Regex="names.nsf" CaseSensitive="True"/>
<Filter ColumnID="5" Mode="Contains" Text="Bug"/>
<Filter Target="NotesCounter" ColumnID="10" Mode="GreaterOrEquals" Number="100"/>Detailed Description
The Filter action emulates the use of the filters found in column headers. The attributes are used in pairs to determine the type of filter to use and how it will be used.
The functions available for automation are:
- The right-click menu (on a column title)
- The EZ Suite products' toolbar
- The Sort/Filter tab of the sapio365 ribbon
In the screenshot above, the column 'Database Filename' is to be filtered using the 'Text Filters' option, using the filter mode 'equal to', to find the database filename of 'time.nsf'.The actions that would be performed in the UI have been marked and correlated in the example script block below:
The Server attribute is only applicable to consoleEZ, in which case it will be mandatory for Target="LogAnalyzer" or Target="VolumeAnalyzer".
The Index attribute is also only used in consoleEZ and is mandatory when using Target="LogAnalyzer" or Target="VolumeAnalyzer", it is the value found on the Log Analyzer and Volume Analyzer windows.
Tag Attributes
| Attributes | Attribute Values | Value Description |
|---|---|---|
| Target | The corresponding Grid Code | Sets the target grid on which the action will be applied - Not Required If no target is set, the target will default to the main grid (for products containing a main grid). |
| ColumnID | The corresponding Column ID as shown in the Grid Manager | Sets the column on which the action will be applied - Required |
| Server | Abbreviated server names (separated by comma) | N/A - Only applicable in consoleEZ - see detailed description |
| Index | Positive integer | Window index number - Only applicable in consoleEZ - see detailed description |
| Remove | True / False | Default to False. If True, the filtered rows are also removed from the grid forever. The clear filter or grid reset will not bring them back. This will reduce the memory needed to manage a given grid, and also reduce the number of rows that will need to be processed on any further actions. |
Conditional Attributes
The following attributes are presented in the pairs that allow the attribute values to be compatible:
Filter Out Empty Cells
| Attributes | Attribute Values |
|---|---|
| Empty | True / False |
<Filter columnID="xxx" Empty="true"/>Keep Only Empty Cells
| Attributes | Attribute Values |
|---|---|
| EmptyOnly | True / False |
<Filter columnID="xxx" EmptyOnly="true"/>Filter by Regular Expression
| Attributes | Attribute Values |
|---|---|
| Regex | User defined Regex value |
| CaseSensitive | True / False |
| Invert | True / False |
<Filter ColumnID="xxx" Regex="names.nsf" CaseSensitive="true"/>Number Filters
| Attributes | Attribute Values | Value Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mode |
| Sets the filter mechanics |
| Number | User definable | The number to be used in your search |
<Filter target="NotesCounter" ColumnID="xxx" Mode="GreaterOrEquals" Number="100"/>Text Filters
| Attributes | Attribute Values | Value Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mode |
| Sets the filter mechanics |
| Text | User definable | The text to be used in your search |
<Filter ColumnID="xxx" Mode="Contains" Text="Bug"/>Date Filters
| Attributes | Compatible Attribute Values (value compatibility is contingent on specific attribute combination) | Value Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mode |
| Sets the filter mechanics |
| Date | User definable date in standard YYYY-MM-DD format | The date to be used in your search |
<Filter columnID="xxx" Mode="Before" Date="2022/01/01"/>Time Filters
| Attributes | Compatible Attribute Values (value compatibility is contingent on specific attribute combination) | Value Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mode |
| Sets the filter mechanics |
| Time | User definable time in standard HH:MM:SS format | The time to be used in your search |
<Filter columnID="xxx" Mode="After" Time="04:00:00"/>Cutoff-Date/Time Filters
| Attribute Name | Compatible Attribute Values (value compatibility is contingent on specific attribute combination) | Value Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mode | LastFrom | Sets the filter mechanics |
| Years | User definable | Amount of years back from the current date |
| Months | User definable | Amount of months back from the current date |
| Days | User definable | Amount of days back from the current date |
| Hours | User definable | Amount of hours back from the current date |
| Minutes | User definable | Amount of minutes back from the current date |
<Filter columnID="xxx" Mode="LastFrom" Days="3" Hours="12" />Value Filters
| Attribute Name | Compatible Attribute Values (value compatibility is contingent on specific attribute combination) | Value Description |
|---|---|---|
| Value |
| The values to be used in your search—multiple values must be separated by a colon. These two values are used when searching for checkbox cells. |
| ValueExcluded | same as above | Any values to remove from the filters Case insensitive Separate multiple values with a colon |
<Filter columnID="D0" Value="LAEC:testcookies"/>
<Filter columnID="D0" ValueExcluded="LAEC:testcookies"/>
| NOTE | The only way to filter a check box column is to use the Value filter set to either True or False (the default string renditions of check box fields when copying data into the windows clipboard): |
|---|
<Filter columnID="D6" Value="True"/>Definitely remove filtered out rows
<Filter columnID="xxx" .... Remove="True"/>In sapio365 OneDrive, the following screen-shot shows the difference between the 2 filters that follows: the one without remove and the one with remove:
<Filter columnID="OBJECTTYPE" Value="Folder"/>
<Filter columnID="OBJECTTYPE" Value="Folder Remove="True""/>