Dell InsightIQ 4.3.0.0 User Guide

Filters

Refine a large data set with a filter.

You can create and manage filters. Apply filters to any Performance report and File System Analytics reports to provide information that is limited to specified parameters. You can create and apply filters, which contain one or more filter rules.

If you apply a filter rule to a report, all the Performance modules in the report display information that is constrained by the filter rule.

For example, you can apply a filter rule to show information about a specific node in a cluster. All the Performance modules in the report display data about that node.

While breakouts show all components in a category, filters can limit the number of contributors in a category. For example, you can breakout a Performance module by protocol. Breakouts appear beneath Performance modules but do not modify the Performance module. Filter rules limit what data is displayed in Performance modules. Filters are customized collections of filter rules that you can create, save, and apply to various reports.

A filter can contain both a filter rule for a specific node in a cluster and a filter rule for a specific client accessing that cluster. Applying this filter causes all Performance modules in a report to display information about the interactions for only that node and client. You can save filter rules and then apply them to specific reports.