Enabling and disabling filters

Enable a filter to display data according to the criteria specified within the filter. Disable a filter to stop using the filter criteria to control the display of data.

Procedure

  1. Enable a filter:
    1. Type FILTER in the Option field of a panel that allows filtering and press Enter.
    2. Type Y in the Enable Filtering field:
      Figure 1. Active Filters panel
      CQM$FILT ------------ Active Filters --------------------  Row 1 of 2   
      Option  ===> _________________________________________________________________ 
                                                                                     
        Type "CREATE" on command line to create filter line                          
                                                                                     
        Enable Filtering......... Y  (Y/N)   Mixed Case  Y (Y/N)                                                
        Exclude Filtered Data.... N  (Y/N)  Match Case  N (Y/N)                                                                   
        Display Defined Filters.. N  (Y/N)                                           
        Filter Dataset Name...... ________________________________________       
                                                                                     
        AND/OR between columns... AND  (AND/OR)                                      
        AND/OR within a column... OR_  (AND/OR)                                      
                                                                                     
      C:I-Insert,U-Update,V-View,R-Repeat,D-Delete                                   
      ------------------------------------------------------------------------     > 
      CMD  Column   OP Value                                                         
       -   -------- -- --------------------------------------------------------------
       _   PLAN     EQ PLANA                                                         
       _   PROGRAM  EQ PROGRAM1                                                      
      ***************************** Bottom of Data **********************************
       Press Enter/PF3 to update filter variables or CANCEL to exit                 
    3. Type FILTER in the Option field of a panel that allows filtering and press Enter.
    4. Press PF3 to save your changes, exit the Active Filters panel, and enable the filter.
  2. Disable a filter:
    1. Issue the FILTER command from the View Current Activity or View Exceptions panels.
    2. Type N in the Enable Filtering field.
      Figure 2. Active Filters panel
      CQM$FILT ------------ Active Filters --------------------  Row 1 of 2   
      Option  ===> _________________________________________________________________ 
                                                                                     
        Type "CREATE" on command line to create filter line                          
                                                                                     
        Enable Filtering......... N  (Y/N)   Mixed Case  Y (Y/N)                                                
        Exclude Filtered Data.... N  (Y/N)  Match Case  N (Y/N)                                                
        Display Defined Filters.. N  (Y/N)                                           
        Filter Dataset Name...... ________________________________________       
                                                                                     
        AND/OR between columns... AND  (AND/OR)                                      
        AND/OR within a column... OR_  (AND/OR)                                      
                                                                                     
      C:I-Insert,U-Update,V-View,R-Repeat,D-Delete                                   
      ------------------------------------------------------------------------     > 
      CMD  Column   OP Value                                                         
       -   -------- -- --------------------------------------------------------------
       _   PLAN     EQ PLANA                                                         
       _   PROGRAM  EQ PROGRAM1                                                      
      ***************************** Bottom of Data **********************************
       Press Enter/PF3 to update filter variables or CANCEL to exit                 
    3. Press PF3 to save your changes and exit the Active Filters panel. The filter is now disabled.