The complex filter is applied to multiple columns of the EDE View. This allows you
to set parameters and filter information based on
several columns. The filter is specific to your user login, and is saved with the
current EDE View, unless you select to clear the filter.
If you currently have an EDE View open, close it before starting this next task.
Follow these steps to generate a complex filter:
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Open the EDE Explorer.
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Open the INDEX – INSTRUMENT INDEX EDE View you created in task 2.
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In the EDE Actions Explorer tree view, expand the Instrument item type, followed by Identification.
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Scroll down and locate the Instrument Type Property. Drag it to the EDE View second column (next to Instrument Name). The EDE window should refresh and you will now see the new column with its data.
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On the main window, click (Complex Filter).
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On the Complex Filter dialog box, select from the first list the property Instrument Name. From the operator list select: Contains, in the value
field type: FE, select logical operator: Or. -
Now add the rest of the filter criteria using the following information:
Filter Number |
Column Header |
Operator |
Value |
And/Or |
Second filter |
Instrument Name |
Contains |
FT |
And |
Third filter |
Instrument Type |
Is Equal To |
FE / D/P Type Flow Element (Flow) |
Or |
Fourth filter |
Instrument Type |
Is Equal To |
FT D/P Type Flow Transmitter (Flow) |
And |
In the example shown below this complex filter is used to filter Instrument Names that contain FE or FT and have Instrument Types FE D/P Type Flow Element (Flow) or FT D/P Type Flow Transmitter (Flow).
A partial instance of the results of the complex filter
The rest of the data is hidden, to view all the EDE View data, just delete the filter.
When you have completed the task, clear the filter.