Filter the device tree

The device tree in the Overview pane can become very large if you have many registered devices. You can filter the device tree to easier locate the devices you want to work with.

By providing filter terms that are unique to a few specific devices, you can effectively only display these specific devices.

Filter the device tree

  • In the top of the Overview pane, click Filter to open the Filter tab.

  • In the Type here to filter devices field, enter one or more filter criteria and click Apply filter to filter the device list.

Filter criteria characteristics

The filter criteria are applied to the device name, device short name, hardware address (IP), device ID, and hardware ID field values.

Partial filter matches are not displayed when filtering hardware ID and device ID field values. As a result, you must define the complete and exact identification number when filtering by hardware ID or device ID.

Partial filter matches are displayed for device name, device short name, and hardware address field values, so the filter term “camer” will display all devices that contain the word “camera” in the device name.

Filter criteria are not case sensitive, using "camera" or "Camera" as filter criteria will yield the same results.

Specifying multiple filter criteria

You can specify multiple filter criteria and thereby further narrow your filtering of the device tree. When the filter is applied, all defined filter criteria are considered to be co-joined with an AND, meaning they are cumulative.

For example, if you have entered two filter criteria: “Camera” and “Warehouse”, the list will display all devices that contain the words “Camera” and “Warehouse” in the device name but will not display devices that contain the words “Camera” and “Parking Lot” in the device name nor will devices that only contain the word "Camera" in the device name be displayed.

Remove each individual filter criteria from the filter field to broaden your filter if you have specified a filter that is too restrictive. The filter is automatically applied to the device tree when removing filter criteria.

Resetting the filter

If you remove all filter criteria from the filter field, the Overview pane is reset and will display all devices once again.

If the Management Client is restarted, the filter criteria will also be reset.

Disabled devices

All devices, including disabled devices, are by default displayed in the Overview pane.

To hide disabled devices, in the top of the Overview pane, click Filter to open the Filter tab and select Hide disabled devices.

To display disabled devices again, clear Hide disabled devices.