Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Metrics User Guide - Manual (Page 191)

Analyzing FactoryTalk Metrics Data Chapter 5
• The “prompt-at-runtime” filter which allows the user to select
the filter values every time the filter is used.
For this tutorial, you are going to create a prompt-at-runtime filter
that allows the users to select the work cells that they want to report
on when the report is run.
NOTE
Prompt-at-runtime filters cannot be used with report objects that will
be scheduled.
To create a new filter:
1. Click New Filter. The Configure Filter dialog box appears.
2. Enter the name
Workcell Description Filter in the Edit Filter
Name box.
3. A filter is made up of one or more search criteria. For this
filter, you will create a single criterion. Click Add Criterion.
The Search Criterion dialog box appears.
4. Select the Workcell Description field from the Field tree and
select the = operator from the Operator list.
5. Select the Select from a list of existing values for this field
check box. This creates a list of unique values from which the
user can pick report values.
6. Select the By prompting user when filter is run check box.
This makes this a prompt-at-runtime filter.
7. Select the Allow multiple selection from list check box. This
allows the user to select more than one work cell from the list
of values that is created.
8. Select the Required (Must be supplied when filter is run)
check box. Doing this will require the user to specify a filter
value when the report object is run.
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