Filters
Understanding filters
Filters are search criteria restricting the data working set.
Filters may be strict values, inequality, ranges or even regular expressions.
They are key to Spider strength, to target the needle inside the haystack
Where are filters?
Filters may be set from many parts of the UI, with a lot of helpers
- From the menu
- From grid columns headers
- From the map
- From the dashboard
- From details panel
- From many tooltips
- From the stats graphics
- ...
Types of filters
Filters may be of different types:
- Value filters
- Range filters
- Text filters
- Prebuilt filters
- Free search filter
Value filters
Value filters have a discrete set of possible values on which to filter.
- You may select one or several values
- You may filter the proposed values by typing
The set of values are retrieved dynamically from the working set when you open the filter drop down.
The set of values is restricted to the current visible timeline, not to the selection.
As the value are for the whole timeline, the dropdown may show you values that are not visible in the grid, dashboard or map.
Indeed the latter are only showing current time selection.