Quickly filtering events

You can use the quick filtering facility as a fast way of displaying events that match a selected criteria. For example, you can quickly display only those events that occurred at the same time as, or before, the selected event.

1. From the event list, select a cell that contains a value on which to base the quick filter.
2. Click Alerts > Quick Filter, and then select one of the following options from the submenu:
   • Equals
   • Not Equals
   • Greater Than
   • Greater Than or Equals
   • Less Than
   • Less Than or Equals
   • Like
   • Not Like
   The event list refreshes to display only those events that match the specified filter criteria.

What to do next

To remove quick filtering and restore the event list to its original view of all events, click Alerts > Quick Filter > Off. Alternatively, click the All Events button on the distribution status bar, which is shown in the following figure.

Figure 1. All Events button on the distribution status bar

Note: The All Events button on the distribution status bar is only available when using quick filtering or severity filtering. On UNIX, this button flashes to indicate that filtering is active.