Filter Wildcards

When filtering an Alarms List or Alarm Banner by Source, you can include wildcard characters in the filter criteria. Wildcard characters allow a single character to match any of one or more unspecified characters. The Sources filter on the Alarms List or Alarm Banner’s Filter window supports these wildcard characters:

• ? (question mark) matches a single character.

  Example:

  N? Region.Water Level
  will match Sources such as NE Region.Water Level and NW Region.Water Level

• * (asterisk) matches any number of characters.

  Example:

  *Pager*
  will match any Sources that include the string ‘Pager’.

• # (hash) matches any single digit (0 to 9).

  Example:

  Zone #.Sensor #
  will match Sources such as Zone 1.Sensor 2, Zone 1. Sensor 3, and Zone 2.Sensor 4.

• [ ] a case-sensitive list, enclosed in square brackets. A Source is included if it starts with any one of the characters or digits that are specified in the list.

  Example:

  [abc]*
  will match any Sources that start with the lowercase letters a, b, or c. It will not match any Sources that start with uppercase A, B, or C.

  [a,b,c]*
  will match any Sources that start with a lower-case comma or the lowercase letters a, b, or c. This is because the comma is recognized as a valid character in the same way as a letter. Again, it will not match any Sources that start with an uppercase comma, A, B or C.

  [a-f]*
  will match any Sources that start with a lowercase letter in the range a to f inclusive

  [f-a]*
  will match any Sources that start with a lowercase letter f or a. Ranges are only recognized if the characters are defined in alphabetical order. As the first character defined is f and this comes after a in the alphabet, there is not a valid range.

  [A-FM-PST]*
  will match any Sources that start with an uppercase letter in the ranges A to F, or M to P, or either uppercase S or uppercase T.

• [!] a case-sensitive list, enclosed in square brackets, with the first entry prefixed with an exclamation mark. A Source is excluded if it starts with any one of the characters or digits that are specified in the list.

  Example:

  [!abc]*
  will exclude any Sources that start with the lowercase letters a, b, or c. It will not exclude Sources that begin with uppercase A, B or C.