Filtering symptoms in the symptom analysis results view

Adding filters to the symptom analysis results view lets you view only those symptoms that meet the criteria you set, so that you can focus on a smaller set of symptoms. You can create filters that limit the shown symptoms according to org.eclipse.tptp.platform.models.symptom.Symptom attribute values.

Creating a symptom filter
Editing or deleting a symptom filter
Filtering attributes

Creating a symptom filter

To create a filter:

Click the drop-down menu arrow next to the Filter button in the tool bar . Select Manage filters.
In the Edit Filters window, click New.
Select the Symptom filter and click OK.
Provide a Filter name. This name will appear in the filter drop-down list.
On the Standard tab you can optionally set a time range by clicking the Show symptoms created in the time range check box. Provide start and end time values for the desired symptom creation time range. Note that these values must be in the ISO format of yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss.STZD, and can have microseconds granularity.
Click the Advanced tab. The advanced filtering feature lets you set specific filtering criteria for symptom attributes. The Advanced filtering table shows all the filter criteria defined, if any. Symptoms that match one or more of the criteria will be shown in the symptom analysis results view.
To add an entry in the table, click Add. Select the attribute you want to filter on from the list of org.eclipse.tptp.platform.models.symptom.Symptom attributes. Select the operator (like performs a pattern match). Enter a value that symptoms must have for that attribute in order to be shown:
- Use an asterisk (*) to represent any string.
- Use a bar (|) to represent a non-exclusive "or".
- Time values must be in the ISO format of yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss.STZD, where:
  - yyyy is a four-digit year value
  - mm is a two digit month value
  - dd is a two digit day value
  - hh is a two digit hour value on a 24-hour clock
  - mm is a two digit minute value
  - ss.S is a two digit seconds value, with optional fractional seconds after the decimal
  - TZD is a time zone designator, either an 6-character time relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) such as +05:00 or -07:00; or a time zone abbreviation such as EST or GMT. See http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime for information about the format, and http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/ for a listing of time zone abbreviations.
Click OK.
To edit an existing entry, select it, click Edit and modify the fields.
To remove an entry, select it and click Remove.
Select a value in the group expression combo box to group entries in the table by an AND or OR operator. The default selection is the AND operator.
Click OK. The filter will be created, and applied against the content of the symptom analysis results view.

Editing or deleting a symptom filter

To edit or delete a filter:

Click the drop-down menu next to the Filter button in the symptom analysis results view tool bar .
Click Manage filters.
In the Edit Filters window, select the filter you want to edit or delete.
Click Edit to edit the filter (see the instructions above for creating a filter), or Delete to delete the filter.
Click OK.

The symptom analysis results view contents that was being filtered by the changed or deleted filter will now display it's symptoms according to the changes (that is, all symptoms in case of a delete).

Filtering symptom attributes

To customize which attributes are displayed in the details pane of the symptom analysis results view when you select a symptom:

Click the Filter attributes button located on the symptom analysis results view tool bar. The Filter attributes dialog box opens.
Select or clear the attributes to be displayed.
To control their order, use the Up and Down buttons.
Click OK.

The list of symptoms is refreshed and will show the attributes specified in the symptom attributes filter.

Related concepts
Determining problems in applications

Related reference
Symptom Analysis Results view