Task filter components

The task filter components and the attributes that you can use are described.

A task filter includes the following components:
Filter name
A unique name (specified in the Filter field) that identifies the task filter.
Description
An optional, brief description of the task filter.
Filter Type
The type (specified in the Filter Type field) of task filter. The type selected determines which set of objects the filter applies to. For assets, you can select either Asset or Deployed Asset. For configuration items, you can select either CI or Actual CI.

A task filter can apply to either type of object, but not both types.

Filter clause or clauses
In the Task Filter Clauses table window, you define at least one clause that specifies an attribute and a value for the task filter. You can create multiple attribute clauses for a task filter.

If you create multiple clauses that specify different attributes, the system processes the clauses using logical AND between the clauses. For example, if you define a task filter for deployed assets based on the Site and System Role attributes, the system selects only deployed assets for the specified site and the specified system role; both criteria must be met.

If you create multiple clauses for the same attribute, the system processes the clauses using logical OR between clauses. For example, if you create a task filter for authorized assets with two filter clauses for Site, one for Boston and one for New York, the system selects records that have either Boston or New York as a site.

To specify an attribute, you select from a predefined attribute list (see Table 1). The attributes in the list depend on the value that you select for the Filter Type field. Table 1 shows the attributes available for each filter type.

If no value is specified in the Value field for an attribute, the value is null will be used.

If the value specified in the Value field starts with an equal sign (=), then the equal sign will be used. Otherwise a percent sign (%) is inserted before and after the value specified, and like is used in the SQL statement.

Table 1. Task filter attributes
Filter type Attribute
Asset
  • Asset
  • Asset Class Structure
  • Collection
  • Contract Number
  • Custodian
  • GL Account
  • Organization
  • Site
  • Status
  • Usage
  • Work Order
Deployed Asset
  • Asset Class
  • Detection Tool
  • Domain
  • Make/Model
  • Organization
  • Site
  • System Role
CI
  • CI Number
  • Class Structure
  • Collection
  • Item
  • Location
  • Organization ID
  • Service
  • Service Group
  • Site ID
  • Status
  • Work Order
Actual CI
  • Class Structure
  • GUID


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