Concept
Filter Condition Wildcards
A wildcard is one or more characters used to simplify the process of setting up filter conditons. You use wildcards to substitute characters or combinations of characters in object properties, such as names or descriptions. For example, instead of setting up five filter conditions for values with names beginning with a, b, c, d, or e, you can set up one single filter condition for values with a name beginning with any of the characters in the range [a-e].
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Character |
Description |
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* |
Use to match any combination of characters, including no character |
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? |
Use to match any one character exactly |
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[ |
Use to begin a SET, that is, a number of characters or a range |
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] |
Use to end a SET |
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[] |
Use to match any one character specified within the SET, that is, enclosed by the brackets |
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! |
Use to exclude the characters or range(s) of a SET |
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- |
Use in a range within a SET: 0-9, a-z, A-Z |
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\ |
Use to ignore the wildcard character and search for it as any other character |
Any other character has to match exactly.
You can specify any number of characters or a range within brackets. In this case, the filter includes one character specified within the brackets and any number of characters specified outside the brackets.
Examples:
*at - Matches "at" and all objects ending with "at"
?t - Matches all two-character objects ending with "t"
[CB]at - Matches "Cat" and "Bat", that is, objects beginning with any one character specified within the SET and ending with "at"
[A-C]at - Matches "Aat", "Bat", and "Cat"
[CB][au]t - Matches "Cat", "Cut", "Bat", and "But"
[!a-b0-1q]at - Matches all three-character objects ending with 'at' except "aat", "bat", "0at", "1at" and "qat"
\\ - Matches "\"
b\\t - Matches ”b\t”
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Feature |
* |
? |
[b] |
[a-c] |
[\]] |
[!a-c] |
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Alarm View Filter Conditions |
Yes |
Yes |
Not available |
Not available |
Not available |
Not available |
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Event View Filter Conditions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Not available |
Not available |
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Sum Alarm Filter Conditions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Notifications Filter Condition |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Assignments Filter Conditions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Alarm Filter Conditions
Event Filter Conditions
Sum Alarms
Notifications
Alarm Assignments
Add/Remove Conditions Dialog Box