Restriction filters

Restriction filters control the visibility of incidents, alerts, applications, resource groups, and resources. These filters are assigned to users through profiles. When creating the filter the name must be unique to the system, including normal filters, and then if editing the filter the name cannot be changed.

You can use restriction filters to control how information is distributed to your users. Restriction filtering works by enabling you to specify that under certain situations, the users should only see particular alerts, incidents, applications, resource groups or resources based on particular conditions.

To create and apply a restriction filter, you need to create a filter from either the Incidents, Alerts, or Resource management (application, resource, resource group) page and save the filter as a restriction filter. After creating a restriction filter, you can include it in the Base profile (applied to all users) or an appropriate group profile (applied to specified user groups).

• Prerequisites
• Creating a restriction filter
• Viewing restriction filters
• Editing restriction filters

Creating a restriction filter

1. Go to the appropriate UI page for the filter that you want to create:

   • For an incident-related filter, go to the Operate > Incidents page.
   • For an alert related filter, go to the Operate > Alerts page.
   • For an application, resource group, or resource-related filter, go to the Operate > Resource management page.

2. Follow the steps for creating a new filter, but save the filter as a restriction filter. For details on creating a filter see:

   • For an incident-related filter, see Searching and filtering incidents.
   • For an alert related filter, see Searching and filtering alerts.
   • For an application, resource group, or resource related filter, see Resource management: Searching and filtering.

3. When you have finished selecting your options for the filter, click the three dots icon next to the Filter conditions. From the options that are listed, click Save as new restriction filter.

   The following images show where to find the Save as new restriction filter option for creating a filter from each of the Incidents, Alerts, Resource management pages.

   

   

   

4. On the Save as new restriction filter dialog, complete the following settings:

   • Enter the name and description for the filter.
   • Select any user groups that need to be assigned the filter. For instance, assign the filter to any groups that are assigned Manage Profiles permission and responsible for creating and managing access control profiles.

   

5. When you have finished entering and selecting the details for the filter, click Save as new restriction filter.

   Your new filter is created and listed on the Restriction filters tab of the Administration > Profiles page.

6. From the Restriction filters tab, click the Profiles tab and apply your created filter to a profile. For more information, see Managing profiles.

Viewing restriction filters

To view restriction filters go to the Administration > Profiles page. Then, click the Restriction filters tab. The list of existing filters is displayed, with the following details for each filter:

• Name
• Data types
• Created (date)
• Created by
• Last modified (date)
• Last modified by