Editing and Arranging Filters and Filter Groups
PCS Axis processes filters in a filter group in descending order beginning with the filter at the top of the filter group. Filter groups are processed similarly. Information in this section explains how to edit filter property settings and how to arrange filters and filter groups.
Complete the following steps:
1 Select one or more pipeline segments in the
Select ROWs window (
Figure 7-120). Click
Save to close the window.
Figure 7-120. Select ROWs
2 Open the Edit <module> Data window. For example, click Data Entry > Edit CPDM Data to open the Edit CPDM Data window.
3 Select the data grid you want to filter data. For example, click the
Inspection tab.
4 Click the
Customize tab
, then the
Filters button
to open the
Filters page (
Figure 7-121).
5 Click the edit icon
to display a filter’s property settings.
Figure 7-121. Filters
6 To delete a filter in a filter group, click the filter’s
delete button. Then click
OK when the
Delete message displays.
7 To rename a filter, type a description in the filter’s name field.
8 To change filter criteria, use filter selection fields to select a PCS Axis field, operator, and one or more filter conditions.
9 To enable a filter for all sessions of the data entry grid, click the check box Filter is Always On to place a check mark inside the check box. When this check box is not selected, toggle the filter on and off in the options page using the filter’s check box.
10 Click the
close button to close the filter’s property settings group box.
11 To move a filter to a different position in a filter group, or to move a filter group to a different position, follow these steps:
a Point the mouse at the handle
of a filter or filter group to display a vertical resize cursor
.
b Drag and drop the filter or filter group to a new location.
Note: PCS Axis processes filters in descending order beginning with the filter at the top of the filter group.
12 Click
Save.
13 To apply filter changes to the data entry grid:
a Click the
Options tab
to open the options page.
b Click
Apply to apply filter changes and return to the data entry grid.
