Using Filter Actions

Filter Actions menu contains the following options:

To clear all filter selections

Click Filter Actions, and then click Clear All Filter Selections.

Give confirmation to clear all the filters.

All of the filters in the filter bar for the currently selected category are set to their default values.

To use Propagate Filter Selections

1. Select the parent view, click Filter Actions, and then click Propagate Filter Selections. 
   Confirm to propagate the filter selections to all descendants of the current report view.
   
   
   A child view that inherits the filter selections is highlighted with a red border. Click on that child view to display the data from the inherited filter selections.
   
   
   When you propagate filter selections from a parent view, it is propagated to all the descendants, but only those descendants that have not yet inherited the filters are updated. The updated views are highlighted with a red border. Click on the highlighted views to display the data from the inherited filter selections. 
   
   
   
   

To use advanced filter options

1. On the filter bar, click Filter Actions, and then click Advanced Filter Options.
   The Advanced Filter Options pane is displayed. By default, it displays the Ranking tab.
   
   
   
   
2. From the Select the metric that will be used for ranking list, select a metric.
   These metrics are from the Metrics filter on the filter bar. You can use only one metric for ranking. By default, the Workflow Builder uses the first metric in the list for ranking. 
3. Select the relevant option in Select Ranking order.
   If you select Top as the ranking order, the ranking is done using the top objects based on the selected ranking metric.
   If you select Bottom as the ranking order, the ranking is done using the bottom objects based on the selected ranking metric.
4. Adjust the number in the Specify the number of instances to return field by using the slider or the arrow buttons.
   By default, the number of instances to return is 10. 
5. To see the objects that are not selected in the ranking order as a single aggregated object, select the Show remaining objects as aggregate check box.
6. Click Lower and Upper Bands tab.
7. From the Select the metric that you would like to adjust, select a metric.

8. In the Exception Band Sensitivity field, set the Upper Limit and the Lower Limit of the band by using the slider.

   Important

   Adjusting the band limits can increase or decrease the number of alerts that can be triggered.

9. Click Save Advanced Options.
   The view is updated. Expand the view to see the banding in the chart.
   

For more information, see Using-the-Banding-and-the-Min-Max-options.

To use the chart

Double-click a view to see the chart as follows:

The features in the chart are explained as follows:

To undo the ranking of metrics in the Advanced Filter Options

1. In the Ranking option, select the first metric in the list. 
2. In the Select Ranking Order, select Top.
3. Set the number of instances to return as 10.
4. Click Save Advanced Options.

To undo the Lower and Upper Bands in the Advanced Filter Options

1. In the Lower and Upper Bands option, select the first metric in the list.
2. Set the Upper Limit and Lower Limit sliders to the middle.
3. Click Save Advanced Options.

For more information on charts, see Working-with-chart-options.