• Create a filter using an expression
• Set a default filter on a table view

Create a filter using an expression

• Open the screen Debt levels by payment means 2 (you created this in exercise 18 Create further Views)

The chart is cluttered. You will now add a filter to this view to limit the results to the last 40 days:

1. In the chart press  Filter.
2. Press .
3. Configure the filter with the following details:
   • Name: Last 40 days
   • Conditions:
     1. The condition dialogue starts with Where ALL the following are true - leave this as it is
     2. Select CalculationDate
     3. Press on equals - from the drop down list that appears, select greater than.

     4. Enter this formula, which will take the current date, and then go back 40 days

        dateAdd(now(), _DAY_OF_MONTH, -40)

     5. Press the ABC button - this will now say fx

        1. This switches the input to handle expressions rather than a string.

     6. Save your changes the view configuration form.

4. When you have completed all these details press  Apply and Close.
5. Your grid should now show only results from the last 40 days.

Set default filter on a view

Since the view Debt levels by payment means 2 is too cluttered to be useful with all results showing, you decide to make the filter Last 40 days, that you created in the previous exercise, the default filter for this view:

1. Open the view configuration form for Debt levels by payment means 2
2. Set Default Filter to Last 40 days
3. Press  Apply and Close.

Go into Application Mode to see the results.

Using the same filter on other views

You can use the filter you created in the previous exercise on any other view defined on the underlying table (Overall Debt Levels), but first you must associate the filter with the view:

1. Open the screen Debt levels by payment means
2. Open the view configuration form for the view Debt levels by payment means
3. Go to the Filters section.
4. Press  Filter.
5. Drag the filter Last 40 days into the list of filters for this view.
6. Press  Apply and Close.
7. Go into  Application Mode to see the results.
8. In the screen, apply the filter Last 40 days.