You specify the filter conditions for the Object Filter property using the Filter Condition Editor.
To specify filter conditions
In the navigation pane, select the Managed Groups node and then the desired managed group or subgroup in the display pane.
In the details pane, click the ellipsis (
) in the Object Filter property. The Object Filter Editor appears.
Click New to create a new filter condition, or select an existing filter condition and click Edit to edit an existing filter condition, or select an existing filter condition and click Duplicate to copy an existing filter condition.
The Filter Condition Editor appears.
Complete Step 1 in the Filter Condition Editor. This step allows you to choose which object class you want to filter on. Only managed objects in the class you select can pass the filter.
Select from the drop-down list the object class you want to filter on. Choose Objects if you want to filter on all managed objects currently defined on the Operations Sentinel server.
If you want to include all the managed objects that belong to the object class you selected in Step 1 of the Filter Condition Editor, you only need to complete Step 1 of the Filter Condition Editor. Click OK to close the Filter Condition Editor and then click OK to close the Object Filter Editor. You can verify the desired managed objects were added to the managed group using the Members tab.
If you do not want to include all the managed objects that belong to the object class, continue to the next step.
Complete Step 2 in the Filter Condition Editor. This step shows the properties of the object class you selected in Step 1 and allows you to select which of these properties you want to filter on. This further narrows the managed objects that pass the filter condition.
Select the check box of the desired property or properties of the object class you want to filter on. As you select each check box, the property is added to the box in Step 3.
Complete Step 3 in the Filter Condition Editor. This step allows you to enter the expressions used to test each managed object. Each expression is essentially a rule you specify for filtering managed objects against the property. You can create the rules using regular expressions or plain text, along with a comparison operator.
Click the link next to the property (
) to specify the expression for filtering on this
property.The Property Filter Editor appears.
In the Property Filter Editor, complete the following steps:
The first item you see in the Property Filter Editor is the name of the property. Next to the name of the property is a drop-down box that allows you to select the comparison operator for the property filter. Choose the desired operator.
Next to the operator drop-down box is a fill-in field. This field allows you to enter a regular expression or plain text. Enter the desired regular expression or plain text.
If you want the text you enter to be case-specific, select the use Case Sensitive comparison check box.
If you use a regular expression, select the use Regular Expression check box. You can also click the link next to this check box to display examples of regular expressions.
Click OK to close the Property Filter Editor.
Repeat Steps 6, 7, and 8 to add additional expressions.
Click OK to close the Filter Condition Editor
In the Object Filter Editor, enable or disable the filter conditions by selecting or clearing the check box next to the desired filter condition. A check mark means the filter is enabled.
Click OK to close the Object Filter Editor, or New to create additional filter conditions.
You can view the filter conditions you specified in the Object Filter property, which appear in the form of Boolean expressions. To verify the desired managed objects have been included in the managed group, view the Members tab.
Save your changes.
For an example of creating a filter condition, see Example of Specifying a Filter Condition.