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:
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Filter menu: Go to the column you want to filter and select an entry from the drop-down menu.
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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:
- Click right on a column header and select Use filter or press [CTRL + F].
- Adjust your filters and columns.
- Click right on a column header and select Save layout.
- 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.