Filter

The Filter portlet allows for customized filter lists and buttons to apply towards other portlets. With this portlet, one can choose from a pre-configured list of values or manually type in a value to send a filter request with the chosen criteria.

General

General data is required for all portlets.

General configuration

Listeners

The portlet can send the following events:

• OnFilter

• OnRowSelection

Listeners configuration

Settings

Choose whether the filter should be displayed horizontally or vertically.

Filters

Click New to add a new filter.

• Name: the text displayed above the filter drop down box

• Parameter: the column or variable name the filter will look for in the listen portlet

• Edit as: the type of filter

  • text: type in free text

  • number: filter for integer number

  • decimal: filter with configurable number of decimals

  • date: fill in date to filter

  • date & time: filters on date and time

  • list of values: gives a drop-down list of values. Select a value to filter

• List of values: the list of values which is to be used (only available when Edit as is set to "list of values")

• Precision: number of decimals in the filter (only used for Decimal filter)

Below is an example of number, text, and list of value filters in use. Note that the filtered columns are indicated in blue in the column header.

Style

Change the header text color and add a header stripe by configuring style.

Style configuration