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Custom Group Editor: Shortcut to a Filter pane

A Shortcut to a Filter allows you to use an existing filter as a qualification. For more information, see Creating custom group shortcut-to-a-filter qualifications.

Shortcut to a Filter pane content

Select the filter to use as a qualification in one of the following ways:

  • Drag the filter from the Object Browser into the Filter box.

  • Type the name of the filter in the Filter box.

  • Click ... (the browse button) to browse for the filter.

  • Click Prompt to create a filter object prompt using the Prompt Generation Wizard. This prompts the user to choose a filter as the filtering criteria during run time.

    After you create a prompt, the following occurs:

    • The Prompt button is replaced by Edit Prompt, which allows you to modify the prompt using the Prompt Generation Wizard.

    • You can set how the filters are joined, if a user selects multiple filters in the prompt. The options are

      • Use the INTERSECTION of all objects

      • Use theUNIONof all objects

Click Advanced to specify whether existing attribute qualifications are merged into the calculation of the shortcut-to-filter qualification, by using the Advanced Options dialog box. By default, the qualifications are merged.

Accessing the Shortcut to a Filter pane

  1. In the Custom Group Editor, select Add a Shortcut to a Filter in the Custom Group Options pane.

If you drag a filter into the Custom Group Definition pane, the Shortcut to a Filter pane is not displayed. Instead, the selected filter is added as a qualification.

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