User Guide

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Reports
Configuring a Report Definition
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Building Technologies 2015-07-15
9.7.7 Applying a Name Filter
 You have created a Report Definition and inserted a table or plot.
1. Select a table or plot in the Report Definition.
2. Do one of the following:
– Click Dialog Launcher in the Name Filter group box.
– Right-click the selected table/plot and select Name Filter from Filters.
– Double-click inside the Name Filter group box.
 The Name Filter dialog box displays.
3. Select the Name or Description. The default selection is Name. The Name or
Description in the Name Filter is the same as the Name or Description in the
Display Mode List Box in the System Browser.
4. To set the Name Filter, do one of the following:
– In the Name Filter text box, type the complete path of the object for which
you want to apply the Name Filter according to the System Browser Name.
For example:
SystemName.Management View.Project.Field Networks.BACnet Network
1.Hardware.Simulator Device 57291.Local_IO.Analog Input 1.*
NOTE: Adding a “.*” at the end of the name or selecting the Children check
box enables the Children option. For a plot, you can apply only one Name
Filter and the Children check box is unavailable.
– Drag-and-drop a System Browser object onto the selected table or plot and
the Name Filter is set to the hierarchy of the dropped object. You can view
and modify it using the Name Filter dialog box.
NOTE: When you drag-and-drop an object for the first time onto a table, the
default filter *:* is replaced by the hierarchy of the dragged and dropped
object.
5. Click New.
 The Name Filter is added to the Name Filter list.
6. Click OK.
 The Name Filter is added to the Name Filter group box.
NOTE:
You can apply multiple Name Filters on all tables except for a Trends table. For
BACnet tables, applying multiple Name Filters is possible, but the Children check
box is unavailable.
9.7.7.1 Editing a Name Filter
 You have already applied [➙ 272] a Name Filter for a table or plot in a Report
Definition.
1. Open the Name Filter dialog box.
2. In the Name Filter list, select the Name Filter you want to edit.
 The selected Name Filter displays in the Name Filter text box.
3. In the Name Filter text box, type in your modifications.