Report Filters

A report filter tells Powertech Compliance Monitor for IBM i the information to include in a report. You can apply a filter to a report when you define or modify the report to restrict the data that it contains. Powertech Compliance Monitor for IBM i includes predefined filters that tackle the most common IT control deficiencies. Some of these filters are used in the predefined reports shipped with Powertech Compliance Monitor for IBM i. Additional predefined filters are available to add to predefined or custom reports. You also can define your own custom filters to specify exactly the criteria for a report.

You can create new filters, copy existing filters and edit them to define a new filter, and edit custom filters. A simple way to create a new custom filter is to copy an existing filter and edit the filter definition.

The Filter Editor window allows you to work with the filter definition. The Filter Editor makes it easy to create customized filters using standard SQL query rules and logic.