Global and session filters

 

Global filters affect all the relevant tab views for all sessions.

 

Session filters also affect all the tab views, but only for the that session.

 

Both global and session filters are set up in the Filter Manager dialog.

 

 

Opening the filter manager dialog

 

Managers menu Global Filter Manager... shows the Filter Manager dialog

 

Or use this option on the Session Toolbar:

 

 

 

The filter manager dialog

 

The filter manger has two main components: on the left you can manage the groups of filters, and on the right, the filters themselves.

 

 

 

Filters are arranged in the following hierarchy:

 

•Global and session filter groups

 

•Filter group manager

 

•Filter groups

 

•Filters
 

Filters are displayed on the right when a filter group is selected, as shown in the image above.

 

Like the global filters, each session has a default filter group manager under which filters are placed, unless you create your own group structure.

 

 

Building the filter group hierarchy

 

Building a complex or hierarchy is not essential - you can just have one filter group and manager and work perfectly well.

 

However, if you make regular use of this feature, you may wish to fine-tune how you use different groups of filters.

 

Having created the hierarchy and added some filters, you can move filters and groups of filters around and reuse them.

 

To build the hierarchy, different actions are available depending on each selected item:

 

Select a global or session filter groups:

 

•Add Manager creates a new filter group manager

 

•Save... save all the filters and groups for the selected global or session group to a .mvf file

 

•Load... load filters and groups from a previously saved .mvf file, replacing any existing content

 

 

Select a filter group manager:

 

•Add Group creates a new filter group

 

•Rename... enter a new name for this group manager

 

•Delete remove this group manager from its global/session filter group

 

 

Select a filter group:

 

•Rename... enter a new name for this group

 

•Delete remove this group from its group manager
 

•Move... opens the Move Filter Group dialog below so you can move the group to a new owner
 
       First choose a global or session filter group, and then which of its managers you want to move the filter group to.
 
       

 

 

•Delete All remove the entire hierarchy and all its filters
 
       There's a confirmation dialog in case you click this accidentally!

 

 

Adding filters to a group

 

In the right hand panel, is a list of filters, belonging to the filter group you selected on the left. Initially empty, this is where you add your filters.

 

The functionality here is almost identical to the Local Filters dialog, with filters being added and modified via the the Filter Definition dialog.