Filter Options Dialog Box

Requires: NI Distributed System Manager

In the Alarms and Events view, click the Filter button to display this dialog box.

Use this dialog box to display alarms and events that meet a specific criteria.

Note  When you set filter criteria for events, the NI Distributed System Manager clears the existing events. When new events occur, the System Manager displays only the events that meet the filter criteria.

This dialog box includes the following components:

• Type(s) to Show—Specifies whether to show alarms, events, or both alarms and events in the view.
• Filter Criteria—Specifies the criteria for displaying alarms and events. You can specify the following criteria in this section:

  Note  All the following criteria support wildcards except Priority. You can use asterisk (*) and question mark (?) wildcards to expand the scope of the filter. The asterisk represents one or more characters, and the question mark represents a single character. For example, a* stands for all user names that start with letter a. a? also stands for all user names start with letter a, but these user names must have only two characters.

  • Priority—Displays alarms and events with specific priorities.
    • Min—Specifies the minimum alarm priority.
    • Max—Specifies the maximum alarm priority.
  • User Name—Displays alarms and events that occurred while specific users were logged on.
  • Ack. User Name—Displays the user who acknowledged the alarm or event.
  • Ack. Comment—Displays any comment that the Ack User entered when the Ack User acknowledged the alarm.
  • Object Name—Displays alarms and events with specific object names.

    Note  You must enter the full path to the system tree object, for example, \\computer_name\process_name\object_name.

  • Description—Displays alarms with specific descriptions.
  • Area Name—Displays alarms from specific alarm areas.

    Note  Use the Available Areas dialog box, available by clicking the Browse button, to select one of the alarm areas of the alarms in the current view. Click the OK button to apply this alarm area to the Area Name text box.