Output Filters - Aruba Networks PowerConnect W Clearpass 100 Software Deployment Manual

To edit an output series field, click the Edit link for the field. The Edit Series field opens, as shown
below.
The Header is displayed in tables and charts that use this output series. Use a short description of the values
contained in this field.
The Value Format specifies how to generate the value for the output series field. You can specify an
expression to calculate the value; in the expression, use the variable $_ to obtain the value of the report
field for this output series.
In most cases it is not necessary to perform data formatting for the fields in the output series, as this is
normally achieved in the report's presentation blocks. Use a value expression only if the actual value to be
displayed should be modified (for example, converting from bytes to megabytes), or if the underlying
format of the value should be changed (for example, converting from a bin number to a date).
Select the Do not show this series field on charts check box to prevent the display of the series field on
charts. This option is useful if the same output series is used in two presentation blocks, one being a chart
showing summary data and the other being a table showing detailed statistics.

Output Filters

Output filters are applied to the output series defined in the report to determine whether a particular item
will be included in the output of the report. The presentation blocks of the report can only include the
output data that has passed through the output filters.
You should define output filters to specify what parts of the output data you are interested in looking at.
You can also define output filters to specify what output data should be excluded from the report.
Output filters can filter on either unformatted source data or formatted output data. Unformatted source
data is the data used to generate the output series; depending on the dimension of the output series, this
may include either raw source data and derived fields or statistic and metric fields. Formatted output data is
the actual content of the output series after any data processing has been applied in the output series
definition.
Use filtering based on unformatted source data to exclude output series items based on a certain data field,
statistic or metric value in the data. Use filtering based on the formatted output series to exclude output
data based on group or bin values, as these typically need to be formatted before they are of use.
The output filters are ordered, which means the filters will always be applied in the same order to each item
of the output series.
You can reorder the filters to obtain precise control over exactly which data will be included in the report's
output.
Output filters are of three basic kinds:
Range filters check to see if a value falls within a certain range.
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