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•
Only clients beginning like
Output will list only clients with names beginning with the specified string.
•
Only clients like
Output will list only clients with names containing the specified string
•
Exclude clients (using whole word)
,
Exclude clients beginning like
,
Exclude clients like
These options will yield opposite results to the previous three
The
Primary server
,
Computer name
,
Client name
and
MAC Address
fields accept whole strings. If any of these
are populated, a database query will be run and results will be filtered based on the populated fields.
The next section allows filtering of clients by groups:
•
Clients in Groups
Displays only clients belonging to the specified group(s)
•
Clients in other Groups or N/A
Output will include only clients belonging to other groups, or clients which are not a member of any group. If a
client belongs to both specified and non-specified groups, it will be displayed.
•
Clients in no Groups
Displays only clients which are not a part of any group
Filtering options change slightly according to the currently active tab (Clients, Threat Log, etc.).
4.3.3
Context menu
Use the right mouse button to invoke the context menu and adjust output in columns.
•
Select by '...'
This option allows you to right-click on any attribute, and automatically select (highlight) all other workstations
or servers with the same attribute.
•
Inverse selection
Perform inverted selection of entries
•
Hide selected
Hides selected entries
•
Hide unselected
Hides all unselected entries in the list
The last two options are effective if further organization is needed after using previous filtering methods. To disable
all filters set by the context menu,
click View > Cropped View
, or click the icon on the ERAC toolbar. You can also
press F5 to refresh displayed information and disable filters.
Example:
•
To display only those clients with threat alerts:
In the
Clients
tab, right-click on any empty pane with Last Virus Alert and choose
Select by ‘...‘
from the context
menu. Then again from the context menu, click
Hide selected
.
•
To display threat alerts for clients “Joseph” and “Charles”:
Click the
Threat Log
tab and right-click on any attribute in the
Client Name
column with the value
Joseph
. From
the context menu click
Select by ‘Joseph’
. Then, press and hold the CTRL key, right-click and use the context
menu and
Select by ‘Charles’
. Last, right-click and select
Hide unselected
from the context menu. The CTRL key
can now be released.
The CTRL key can be used to select/deselect specific entries, and the SHIFT key can be used to mark/unmark a group
of entries.
NOTE:
Filtering can also be used to facilitate the creation of new tasks for specific (highlighted) clients. There are many ways to
use filtering effectively, please experiment with various combinations.
