Create a Filter

A filter lets you choose to include or exclude data from only specific MOVEit sources. Use filters in:

• Templates: Use a filter to include or exclude data from specific MOVEit sources in the template. If you do not set any filters for a template, reports that you run using the template include field data from all sources to which you have access.
• Rulesets: Only data from the MOVEit sources that you select with the filter are included in or excluded from any report that is subject to the ruleset.

• To create a filter:
  1. In the palette (on the left side of the screen) select the Filters tab and click Add Filter. The Add Filter dialog box opens.
  2. Make selections or changes in the following fields, and click Add. On the palette, the filter is added to the list in the Filters tab.

     Field	Description
     Look in	Field to which the filter applies. The choices in the dropdown list depend on the type of template or ruleset that you are creating. For example, For a workflow template, server selections include server name, server type, and server subtype For a transfer template, server selections include server name, server type, server subtype, initiator, source host, destination host, and host
     and include	You can include or exclude items that match the filter criteria.
     search box	Searches within the items that are returned by the selection that you made in the Look in dropdown box. Wildcards are permitted: Asterisk (*) substitutes for zero or more characters. Question mark (?) substitutes for a single character. Note: To specify an asterisk or question mark as a literal value, precede it with a backslash; for example \* You can also search for items that do not exist yet. See below.
     List of items, with checkboxes	This area lists all items that apply to the selection you made in the Look in dropdown box. To search in the list, use the search box. Select the checkboxes to filter by specific items.

     Tip: You can select a filter type even if the template does not include that data field. For example, you can select the Usernames filter even if the eventual report does not contain the Username field.

Specifying Items that Do Not Exist Yet

In a filter, you can also specify items that do not yet exist.

Example: A server named A213B is planned to be added in the future. You want reports to include data from server A213B as soon as it is on line. When creating the template for the report, you can include server A213B in a filter, like this: In the filter's Look in field, select Servers, and in the Search box, specify the server name A213B. After the new server A213B is added, reports generated from the template that contain this filter will apply to server A213B.

Multiple Filters

You can add multiple filters to the Filters tab. Each filter uses OR within the same category when matching its filter criteria. Multiple filters use AND between filters.

Example: In the figure, the ABC Transfer Template has the following filters applied, with include selected for each filter.

Server Name filter:

• DEMO2008R2MIC2
• DEMO2012DMZ1

Operation filter:

• Upload
• Download

The filters return data as follows:

( DEMO2008R2MIC2 OR DEMO2012DMZ1) AND (Upload or Download)

Return all Upload operations from either DEMO2008R2MIC2 or DEMO2012DMZ1, and all Download operations from either DEMO2008R2MIC2 or DEMO2012DMZ1.