1.1.2 Filter

Using a Filter

In all results and details lists of the ContentExplorer, you can activate filters. The filter can either be activated in Start > Filter or when you right-click the column header and select Use filter.

If you activate the filter, a new line appears under the column header. Here you can add filter restrictions:

• Filter menu: Go to the column you want to filter and select an entry from the drop-down menu.
  
• Costum filter: Additionally, the results can be filtered with AND and OR operators.
  When you are filtering a list you can use different operators to refine your search results. You can use the following operators:

  Operator	Name	Description	Example Search	Finds	Does not find
  	No operator	Finds everything, which begins with the search term. Leading articles (the, a) are ignored.	Bla	Black; Blast; Black List; Blade 2; The Black Swan	Men in Black; The Curse of the Black Pearl; Desert Blast
  %	Leading percent operator	Finds everything, which contains the search term.	%Bla	Blau; Blast; Men in Black; The Curse of the Black Pearl	Balance; Badlands; Born on Planet Earth
  %	Included percent operator	Finds everything, where the first part is the beginning and the last part anywhere after.	B%la	Black; Blast; Balance; Badlands; Born on Planet Earth	Men in Black; The Curse of the Black Pearl
  _	Spaceholder for individual characters	Finds everything, which ends with the first part, are followed by an arbitrary character and are then followed by the second part. The operator _ can replace any character.	B_la	Bola; Balance	Badlands; Born on Planet Earth; Black; Men in Black
  |	Logical operator OR	Finds everything, which begins with the first or second part.	Bla|Blu	Black; Blue; Black List; The Blue Max; The Black Swan; Blue City;	Men in Black; Dark blue
  &	Logical operator AND	Finds everything, which contains the first and the second part.	Bla&%Blu	The Black Blur; The Blue Max (German: DerblaueMax)	Black; Blurr;
  !	Logical operator NOT	Finds everything, which does not contain the search term.	Searching for %Bla, then filtering for !(%ck)	Blade 2; Blast Force	Black List; Black Moon; The Black Swan
  ()	Logical brackets	Helps you to combine several operators.
  <	Kleiner als	Finds everything, which is smaller than the search term. Letters are sorted by the alphabet. Notice: You can use these operators with the terms today and now. The filter "<today" only shows dates from the past. The filter "=today" only shows today. The filter now is useful for fields, which contain specific times.	Searching for %Bla, then filtering for: <p	Blade 2; Desert Blast; Men in Black	Pitch Black; Twins in Black and White
  >	Größer als	Finds everything, which is bigger than the search term. Letters are sorted by the alphabet. Notice: You can use these operators with the terms today and now. The filter ">today" only shows dates from the future. The filter "=today" only shows today. The filter now is useful for fields, which contain specific times.	Searching for %Bla, then filtering for:: >p	Pitch Black; Twins in Black and White	Blade 2; Desert Blast; Men in Black

  Notice:

  In earlier versions, these operators also applied to the search in the ContentExplorer. This is not the case anymore. Now, the index search applies.

  
  

Saving a Filter

If you want to use a filter several times, you can save a filter and load it again. In order to do this, please proceed as follows:

1. Click right on a column header and select Use filter or press [CTRL + F].
2. Adjust your filters and columns.
3. Click right on a column header and select Save layout.
   
   
4. Give the new layout a name and click OK.
   
   
   → The order of the columns and the filters are now saved and can be loaded anytime over Load layout.
   
   
   

If you do not need a layout anymore you can delete it with Delete Layout.