Filtering a NetTracker Report

When you filter a report, you only change which data appears in the report. The database remains unchanged. This allows you to apply a variety of different filters together or in succession without needing to update the profile.

To filter a NetTracker report:
  1. Display the report you want to filter and click the Filter icon located in the upper-right-hand corner of the screen. The Custom Report Wizard Report Summary page appears.
  2. Click Add under Applied filters.
  3. Select the type of filter you want to use and click Continue.
  4. Specify the filter you want to use. (For details on different types of filters, see "Types of Filters". For details on how case-sensitivity affects filters, see "Understanding Case-Sensitivity and Filters".)

    5. Note: To use a regular expression to define the filter, use the operator that match the pattern. (For details on regular expressions, see "Using Regular Expressions with NetTracker".)

  5. Click Continue.
  6. Repeat step 2 through step 5 until you have added all the filters you want to apply. Multiple filters of the same type and same operator (match, start with, etc.) are joined with OR, meaning an entry must meet any one of the filters to be included in the report. Multiple filters of different types or operators are joined with AND, meaning an entry must meet all filters to be included. (For details, see "Using Multiple Filters for One Report".)
  7. Click Run to see the filtered report.

Using Multiple Filters for One Report

You can use multiple filters for a single report. Multiple filters of the same type and same operator (match, start with, etc.) are joined with OR, meaning an entry must meet any one of the filters to be included in the report. Multiple filters of different types or operators are joined with AND, meaning an entry must meet all filters to be included.

For example, if you filter a Visitor Summary with the filters

Host: America Online
Hosts that start with 216

you will get an empty Visitor Summary because no single visit matches both filters (comes from America Online and has a host that starts with 216). NetTracker looks for visits that match both filters because the filters have different operators.

If you want a report that includes those visitors whose host is America Online and those visitors whose host starts with 216, you will need to redefine the host filters so that they have the same operator. In this case, you would create these filters:

Hosts that start with America Online
Hosts that start with 216

Making Filters Persistent

By default, when you apply filters to a NetTracker report and then switch to another report, the filters from the first report do not carry over to the second report. However, you can tell NetTracker to make all filters persistent until told otherwise. Using persistent filters enables you to quickly view a variety of reports for the same filtered data, without needing to save the filtered reports.

To make filters persistent:
  1. Click the Reports tab.
  2. At the bottom of the left-hand panel, find the right-most button. (It looks like a push pin.)
  3. If the button is depressed (with a square around it), filters are persistent. If the button is not depressed, click it to make filters persistent.

To return to having filters apply only to the current report, click the Persistent Filters button again.

When you turn on persistent filters, all filters that are currently applied to the current report will be applied to all other reports you view until you turn off persistent filters. Likewise, any new filters you apply to a report while persistent filters are on will be added to the group of filters that gets applied to the next report.

Deleting Filters from a Report

To delete a filter from a report:
  1. Display the report from which you want to delete a filter and click the Filter icon located in the upper-right-hand corner of the screen. The Custom Report Wizard Report Summary page appears.
  2. In the Applied filters list, select the filter you want to delete and click Delete.

Editing Filters Applied to a Report

To edit a filter that is applied to a report:
  1. Display the report whose filter you want to edit and click the Filter icon located in the upper-right-hand corner of the screen. The Custom Report Wizard Report Summary page appears.
  2. In the Applied filters list, select the filter you want to edit and click Edit.
  3. Make the changes and then click Continue.