Filtering tables in products
When you are viewing a table of information in products, features might be available that allow you to include or omit specific information (filter) the table view, based on one column value or based on combinations of column values. This section describes how to identify and use filtering options, when they are available in a table.
About this task
The steps described here apply only to tables where filtering by column heading is supported. To identify a table where this feature is supported, look for the following icon in any column heading:
When this icon is gray, it indicates that filtering is available but not currently in use for this column. The following table describes the different states of this icon:
| Filter icon | Description |
|---|---|
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When this icon is displayed next to a column heading, it indicates that no filter that uses that column or its values is active on the table. Click the icon to begin filtering. |
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When this icon is displayed next to a column heading, it indicates that a filter that uses that column or its values is active on the table. Click the icon to view, modify, or remove the filter. |
Procedure
- To filter a table by using a single column, click the filter
icon in the column heading.When you click the icon, the filter dialog is displayed with all of the values on which you can filter the table. By default, all of the values are selected, indicating that no information that is based on this filter criterion is omitted from the table .
- Use this dialog box to select the values that you want
to display in this table, and clear the check box next to the values
you want to omit from the display.For example, if you were filtering the Status column, you might select the Failed check box, and clear the remaining check boxes, to display only items with a status of "Failed" in the table.
- To select all of the values to show in the table at one time, select the Filter By check box at the top of the dialog.
- To clear all of the values available to display in the
table, clear the Filter By check box.
This is useful if you want to display only a small number from a long list of possible values; you can clear all of the check boxes at once, then select only those you want to display.
- To accept the changes you made and see the table that is filtered as specified, click Filter.
- To remove the column's filter from the table completely,
click Remove Filter.This has the same effect as selecting all of the check boxes.