20 Advanced Filters
- Chris Welford
- Anthony George
- Zoe Baldwin
Owned by Chris Welford
- 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:
- In the chart, press Filter.
- Press Create Filter.
- Configure the filter with the following details:
- Name:
Last 40 days
- Conditions:
- The condition dialogue starts with Where ALL the following are true - leave this as it is
- Select
Calculation Date
- Press on equals - from the drop down list that appears, select greater than.
Enter this formula, which will take the current date, and then go back 40 days
dateAdd(now(), _DAY_OF_MONTH, -40)
Press the ABC button - this will now say fx
- This switches the input to handle expressions rather than a string.
- When you have completed all these details press Apply and Save.
- Name:
- 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:
- Right-click on the chart for
Debt levels by payment means 2
and press Show view configuration. - Set Default Filter to
Last 40 days
- Press Apply and Close.
Go into Application Mode to see the results.