Filter Designer toolbar

The Filter Designer (FLD) toolbar provides quick access to the following functionality.

New, Open and Save

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Use these buttons on the Filter Designer (FLD) toolbar to create new filters, open existing ones and to save your filters.

Undo and Redo

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Undo

The Undo command works on either the selection or sort criteria, depending on which is the currently selected tab within the lower portion of the Filter Edit Area. Use this button, or the keystroke Ctrl+Z, to undo your most recent procedure or entry. If you click the down arrow adjacent to the icon you have a record of the action which can be undone. You can undo a maximum of 20 procedures.

Redo

The Redo command works on either the selection or sort criteria, depending on which is the currently selected tab within the lower portion of the Filter Edit Area. Use this button, or the keystroke Ctrl+Y to redo your most recent procedure or entry. You can only use this button after you have used the Undo command - so effectively this 'undoes' an undo. If you click on the down arrow adjacent to the icon you have a record of the action which can be redone. You can redo a maximum of 20 procedures.

Delete Filter(s)

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Click this button to delete the currently selected filter(s).

Hide Used Data Items

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Click this button to hide the items on the data item list which have already been added to the filter.

Show Current Node/Show Current Sub-Tree

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Click the Show Current Node button to populate the data item list with items from only the current node of the data item hierarchy. Click the Show Current Sub-Tree button to populate the data item list with items from the current node and all sub-nodes of the data item hierarchy.

Search Data Item List

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This button allows you to search the data items list for specific data items.

Note:  This facility only searches on Data Items currently displayed in the Data Item List, as controlled by the buttons mentioned above.
  1. Click the Search button.
  2. Click on the Search Items radio button.
  3. Enter the text in the Search Text box as the search criteria.
  4. Use the Find Data Items radio buttons to choose whether to locate data items:
    • Exactly Matching the Search Text
    • Beginning with the Search Text
    • Containing the Search Text
  5. Select the Match Case check box if you want only data items that match the case of the specified search text.

You can also see the descriptions and labels of all data items currently listed in the Data Items Description bar by clicking the Show All Items radio button. This allows you to see each data item in more detail and you can manually scroll through the list to find the data item(s) you require.

Note:  Within the data item search results list you can click on the column heading to reorder how the results are displayed.

Adding Search Results to the Filter

  1. Select a data item (or more than one using the Ctrl or Shift keys).
  2. Click the Select button.
  3. The dialog closes and the selected items are highlighted (in grey) in the Data Item List.
  4. These highlighted items can now be dragged as a group of controls on to the top of the Filter Edit Area.

Help Topics and What's This Help

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Help Topics

The left button displays SunSystems Filter Designer (FLD) HTML Help.

What's This ?

When you select this, your mouse pointer changes to a pointer with a question mark. Click the item you want to know more about. To close the popup dialog, click anywhere on the screen.

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