Filter Window

Here you can filter the datasets shown by the session window by certain criteria which means that only the desired datasets are being displayed. In contrary to the search function which always processes all fields of a dataset the filter function can be used to display only those datasets with certain fields that match the given filter settings. For example you can filter all batteries with lifecycle phase "New" or the size "AAA".

The filter window is usually located on the right side of the screen and is opened by the session window automatically when the filter function is activated. This window also provides the filter templates which can be defined arbitrarily in order to apply commonly used filters quickly. Each type of list (My Batteries, Battery List etc.) has its own filter settings.

The single filter settings "By Lifecycle", "By Size" etc. can be expanded/collapsed by clicking the headers or the plus/minus symbol in order to configure the filters. The buttons above the filters can be used to reset, refresh, expand/collapse, and to set the logic operator. The template chooser at the bottom allows for storing arbitrary filters as templates which may be applied directly from the session window.

By clicking the Apply button the filters are applied based on the current settings.

The filters can be configured conveniently from here: with the Reset filters button above the filters you can reset all filters at once (no filters). If filter values are populated from the database (e.g. battery sizes) and new values have been added then the filters may be updated by using the Refresh filters button. With the buttons Expand all filters and Collapse all filters all filters can be expanded/collapsed in order to adjust multiple filters at once.

By default multiple filters are combined using the AND operator which means that such batteries are displayed that are in the "New" lifecycle phase and have the size "AAA". Here, both filters are required to match in order to let the battery dataset show up. If a single filter shall be sufficient so that either the "New" lifecycle phase or the size "AAA" matches please choose OR  as Logic operator here.

Below the filters you can manage filter templates which are displayed by the session window so that configured filter settings can be used again and again easily. With Add template you can create a new template while the name must be unique and not already be used. The template name can be specified with an input dialog which is also displayed if the Edit template button is clicked in order to rename the current template. With Delete template the current filter template can be removed from the list. The button Sort templates allows for sorting the template list alphabetically or for showing the items in the order of creation otherwise.

Start Filtering

The filtering can also be started directly from the filter window once all settings are appropriate. Click the Apply button at the bottom of the window. If the filtering is not possible for example due to missing filters, this button will be disabled. If the auto-show/auto-hide feature is enabled when the filtering is started, then the filter window is hidden automatically and the program switches to the session window displaying the filtered datasets. Here, the filter templates may be selected and applied by simply clicking a button.

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