View Filter Definition

The view filter displays the number of resources in the current view that have a particular status and/or flag. The left side of the view filter displays status. If displayed, the right side of the view filter displays flags. The default is to display only status.

You can use the view filter to filter out resources with one or more statuses or flags from being displayed in the current view. To filter out resources with a particular status or flag, click the button for that item. To redisplay the resources with a particular status or flag, click the button again.

In topology view, filtered out nodes display as empty boxes in the view; filtered out links display as dashed lines. The view filter continues to display how many resources are in the filtered status. To temporarily redisplay a filtered resource, including its status, icon, etc., position your cursor on the resource without clicking.

Note: In details views, filtered resources are completely removed from the display.

To remove certain statuses or flags from displaying on the view filter, use the status page of the Console Properties notebook. This does not prevent those statuses or flags from displaying in views, but only from displaying in the view filter. If you turn off the display of a status or flag on the view filter, the filtering of that status in the view is always set to on. For example, if you select not to display the Marked flag on the view filter, you will still see any objects that are marked in views.

You can display or hide the view filter with the Show View Filter function.