Apply Filter to a Report

To apply filter to a report, follow these steps:

  1. In the Data Filters section of the left navigation tree, expand the filter group that you want to use.
  2. Optional: For the specific filter that you want to apply, click the (show/hide) button to show the filter controls:
  3. Specify the filter criteria in the text box, or click the (criteria) button to select the criteria from a list (if available—not all filters have lists).

    You can use wildcard characters when creating filters. The following table describes the characters you can use to build search strings.

    Special Characters and Wildcards
    CharacterFunctionDevice Vendor
    Filter Example
    Records Matched
    * or % Matches all records containing a specific text string HP* All records that begin with “HP”
    %HP% All records that contain “HP”
    ? or _ Matches any single character Not?book All records that begin with “Not” and end with “book”
    Note_ookAll records that begin with “Note” and end with “ook”
    ! Negates a filter !HP* All records that do not start with “HP”

    For example, if you specify HP% in the text box for a device related filter, the filter will match all devices whose Vendor names contain HP.

  4. Click the Apply button. The report will refresh. To remove the filter, click the Reset button.

    When you apply a filter to a report, the filter is listed in the report header:

A filter is in effect until you explicitly remove it. Click the (Remove) icon to the left of the filter name to remove a filter from the current report.

Note: You can also create an “in-line” filter by clicking a data field in the report currently displayed. For example, if you were viewing a Vulnerability Definitions report, and you wanted to see only those vulnerabilities with High severity, you would click the (High Severity) icon in the Severity column.


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