Filtering

Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

The Filtering section defines filter rules applied to discovered clients and servers.

Note A host is filtered if at least one of the filters is applied to it.

The filter types are:

Range Filter

The Range filter performs filtering on a per-IP-range basis.

Example:

Ranges that must be included in the final reporting topology should be defined in the <include> tag. Ranges that must be excluded should be defined in <exclude> tag. The following keywords should be used to define specific ranges:

Keyword	Description
probe_ranges	Includes all ranges defined using the Protocol Manager.
outscope_clients	Includes all client IPs that are out of Probe range scope.
outscope_servers	Includes all server IPs that are out of Probe range scope.
ddm_related_connections	Includes the Probe IP. Allows user to filter DFM-related connections initiated during the discovery process.