Filter messages based on terminal session

To filter messages based on a terminal session:

1. On the View menu, select Filter.

2. On the Filter dialog box, select the Terminal Sessions page. The first column in the data entry window is Type. There are two possible types of criteria: Show and Hide. When a row is type Show, messages that meet the criteria set are shown in the message window. When a row is type Hide, messages that meet the criteria set are not shown in the message window. The first row in the data entry window is not editable and cannot be deleted, although you can disable it by clearing the check box.

Add filtering criteria

3. Select the New Filter icon.

   A new Show type row is shown.

4. Select the Type box to switch to Hide type.

5. Double-click the Session ID box and type filtering criteria.Alternatively, add another row by right-clicking a column header and clicking Add.

   The new row is added and the box is set to edit mode automatically. When you finish typing the filtering criteria, select outside of the box.

Filter messages based on multiple sessions

• Use more than one row. Data columns perform an OR operation to filter messages that meet either criteria

Delete a row

• Select the row and select the Delete Filter icon.

Delete all rows except the first one

• Select Delete All.

Delete session filtering criteria

6. Right-click in a Session ID cell and select Clear Field from the shortcut menu.

7. Select OK to set the filtering criteria and close the Filter dialog box.

Note: After you set filter criteria, you can switch filtering on and off with the Enable/Disable Message Filter icon on the toolbar.