Filter dialog

The dialog appears when you click Menu > Edit > Filter, or the Filter button on the Standard toolbar. It helps you to set criteria for filtering records, and has the following two modes:

• Basic
• Advanced

Inspector

Opens the Filter Inspector dialog.

Advanced/Basic

Switches the dialog to the advanced/basic mode.

OK

Closes the dialog and filters the records of the report with the specified criteria.

Cancel

Cancels to set criteria for filtering records and exits the dialog.

Help

Displays the help document about this feature.

Basic mode

The basic mode provides function for creating simple filter conditions which are connected by AND and OR operators. See the dialog.

Apply to

Specifies the component to which the filter will be applied.

Deletes the current condition line.

Field

Specifies the field to be filtered.

Operator

Specifies the operator to compose the filter expression.

• =
  Equal to
• >
  Greater than
• >=
  Greater than or equal to
• <
  Less than
• <=
  Less than or equal to
• !=
  Not equal to
• [not] in
  Causes an enumerated list of values to appear in the WHERE clause predicate, used for evaluating for a true condition.
• [not] like
  Like string pattern matching operator is used to compare the first expression string value to the pattern string (the second expression). If you want to use wildcard character in the pattern string, only "_" and "%" are supported.
• [not] between
  Allows the system to evaluate whether or not data values are located between a range of values indicated in the predicate.
• is [not] null
  It is used in WHERE clause predicates to match null values occurring in a specified data field.

Value

Specifies the value of how to filter the field. You can either enter the value manually in the text box or select a value from the drop-down list. When you type in the value manually, if multiple values are required, they should be separated with ",", and if "," or "\" is contained in the values, write it as "\," or "\\".

Logic

Lists the logic operator.

• AND
  Logic operator AND which is applied to this and the next line.
• OR
  Logic operator OR which is applied to this and the next line.
• END
  Logic operator END which is applied to this line.

Advanced mode

The advanced mode enables the building of more complex filter conditions via the grouping of conditions. See the dialog.

Apply to

Specifies the component to which the filter will be applied.

Add Condition

Adds a new condition line.

Delete

Deletes the selected condition line or group.

Group

Makes the selected condition lines in a group. Condition lines can also be added to an existing group by selecting the condition lines and the group while holding the Ctrl button, and then clicking the Group button.

Ungroup

Makes the selected condition line or group ungrouped.

Up

Moves the selected condition line or group up to a higher level.

Down

Moves the selected condition line or group down to a lower level.

Logic

Specifies the logic operator.

• AND
  Logic operator AND which is applied to this and the next line.
• OR
  Logic operator OR which is applied to this and the next line
• AND NOT
  Logic operator AND NOT which is applied to this and the next line.
• OR NOT
  Logic operator OR NOT which is applied to this and the next line.

Field

Specifies the field to be filtered.

Operator

Specifies the operator to compose the filter expression.

Value

Specifies the value of how to filter the field. You can either enter the value manually in the text box or select a value from the drop-down list. When you type in the value manually, if multiple values are required, they should be separated with ",", and if "," or "\" is contained in the values, write it as "\," or "\\".

Condition Expression

Displays the SQL statement of the filter.

Related topics:

• Filtering the data components in a report