Name Filter

  1. Select a table or plot in the report definition.
  1. Do one of the following:
  • Click Dialog Launcher in the Name Filter group box.
  • Right-click the selected table or plot and select Name Filter from Filters.
  • Double-click inside the Name Filter group box.
  • The Name Filter dialog box displays.
  1. Select the Name or Description. The default selection is Name. The selection is the same as in the Display Mode List Box in System Browser.
  1. To set the Name filter, do one of the following:
  • In the Name Filter text box, type the complete path of the object for which you want to apply the Name filter according to System Browser Name.
    For example: SystemName.Management View.Project.Field Networks.BACnet Network 1.Hardware.Simulator Device 57291.Local_IO.Analog Input 1.*
    NOTE: Adding a “.*” at the end of the name or selecting the Children check box enables the children option.
    For a plot, you can apply only one Name filter and the Children check box is unavailable.
  • Drag a System Browser object onto the selected table or plot and the Name filter is set to the hierarchy of the dropped object.
    You can view and modify it using the Name filter dialog box.
    NOTE: When you drag an object for the first time onto a table, the default filter *:* is replaced by the hierarchy of the dragged and dropped object.
  1. Click New.
  • The Name filter is added to the Name Filter list.
  1. Click OK.
  • The Name filter is added to the Name Filter group box.

NOTE:
You can apply multiple Name filters on all tables except for a Trends table. For BACnet tables, applying multiple Name filters is possible, but the Children check box is unavailable.