Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.3 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 02-12-2010 Administration Manual page 538

Use the Filters page to create filter rules to manipulate the amount of queried data you want to
display on the report. Filter sets enable you to create sets of individual filters, and evaluate
them with another set of individual filters. The system uses Boolean logic (And, Or, and Not
operators) that determines how to process filters and filter sets. Individual filters can be
grouped by And or Or based on how you select the conjunction operator. If you select And to
combine filters within filter sets, then the filter sets will be Or, and vice versa. Filter sets can be
grouped using Or or And. If you have multiple conditions that must be met, group them using
individual filter sets with an And condition.
For example, you can add a filter to report inventory data for a particular BIOS Name, then add
a second filter to further limit (or expand) the results, such as the BIOS Manufacturer. You then
might add another filter and use the Not operator to eliminate a certain BIOS Release Date
value from the search.
7 Click Add Filter to create a filter.
Use the drop-down menu to specify whether to combine filters using And or Or. This selection
also controls how the system combines filter sets. Depending on the item you select for the
filter, ZENworks provides a variety of filtering criteria, such as:
Alphanumeric (equal to / contains)
Date and time (before, after, relative, non-existent)
Size (<, >, =, and so on)
True/false
Has/doesn't have
For example, the following filter sets return all devices with 10 GB hard disk drives containing
less than 2 GB of free space:
8 Click Add Filter Set to create a new set of filters, then click Add Filter to add filters to the new
set.
For example, the following filter set returns all devices with more than 2 GB of free space that
are not made by the specified manufacturer:
New filters are always added to the newest filter set.
To delete a filter, select a filter's check box, then click Delete.
9 Click Next.
Use the Summary page to review the report information.
10 Click Finish to create the new report, then click OK on the Results page to return to the Reports
page.
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