Skip to Content

Default language.

Types of view parameters

View parameters filter information so that you see only the data that is important to you, such as data with a specific status.

You can filter information with the following methods:

Related topic

Filtering-data-in-a-view-in-windows-mode

The-control-area

PARm and QPARm commands

The PARm command filters existing data only. The QPARm command reissues a query with the specified filters and displays new data.

Warning

Important

Because PARm does not update existing data (and, therefore, does not require a query), PARm saves system resources.

You can enter PARm on the COMMAND line of a current view with positional parameters or with the internal name for the element that you want to filter, as follows:

PAR m { value1 | keyword ( value )}

where

  • value1 is a filter condition applied as a positional parameter. You can use this condition only for positional parameters that are valid for the view you want to filter. You can view a list of these parameters by placing your cursor on the view name and pressing the Help (PF1) key.
  • keyword is a filter condition applied as a keyword parameter. The keyword parameter is the internal name for an element. The filter condition is used with the element name and must be enclosed in parentheses as elementName(value). To see the valid keywords for a view, you can use the SHOWFilt command. SHOWFilt shows all filters that are currently in effect.
Warning

Example

The default positional and keyword parameters for the PLEX view are PRODUCT and CONTEXT. PRODUCT is the first positional parameter and CONTEXT is the second. If you wanted to see the status for a specific context, you could enter the following command while in the PLEX view:

PARM * SSIC*

For more information about the PARm command, type HELP PARm on the COMMAND line.

Positional parameters

Positional parameters are location specific and determined by their position in relation to other parameters. You enter positional parameters on the COMMAND line in a specific order with a view name.

You can enter positional parameters as follows: viewName parm1 parm2 parm3.

To determine which positional parameters you can use in a view, use either of the following actions to access online Help:

  1. Enter HELP with the view name, and select the positional parameters topic.
  2. Select the view name from the window information line with your cursor, press the Help (PF1) key, and , select the positional parameters topic.

You must enter the parameters in the sequence shown in the online Help. You must use an asterisk (*) as a placeholder for each parameter that you are not using.

Warning

Example

If you want to filter status information to INACTIVE only and it is the third parameter for a view, enter the following string on the COMMAND line:

viewName * * INACTIVE

Keyword parameters

Keyword parameters are internal element names that you can enter with a view name on the COMMAND line.

You can use the following syntax when entering keyword parameters: viewName elementName(value).

The variable elementName is the internal name for an element and the variable value is the filter condition.

Success

Tip

To see the valid keywords for a view, you can use the SHOWFilt command. This command shows you all filters currently in effect

You can also filter view data by using the commands and customization options described in Filtering-data-in-a-view-in-windows-mode.

 

Tip: For faster searching, add an asterisk to the end of your partial query. Example: cert*

BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure 7.1