Reporting Groups - Select Resources Using Filter

Use this dialog box to define filters to select specific computers and filesystems for the reporting group.

Note: the filters you define on this window are not saved to the reporting group--you only use them once to select specific resources to include in the group.

Field Descriptions

Field Name

Description

Filter Pattern

Enter the filter. You can enter limited wildcard characters, such as *, and ?.

  • * - any or all matching

  • ? - single character matching

For example, to specify all the machines that start with "a", enter a* in the Filter Pattern field.

View

Click View to display the resulting matches based on the filter you defined. The dialog box will expand to display all of the resources that match the specified filter criteria.

A check box will appear next to each resource. Uncheck the resources that you do not want to include in the reporting group.

Select All

Click this button to select (check) all the resources that match the filter you defined.

Clear All

Click this button to unselect (uncheck) all the resources that match the filter you defined.

OK

Click OK to include the checked resources to the reporting group. The Create Computer/Filesystem Group window will appear and the resources you selected will be displayed in the Current Selections list box.

Cancel

Click Cancel to exit the dialog box without selecting resources.