Filter/Sort Tab
In the Topology pane, you can choose to view the statistics from one or more ports. To identify specific ports, select the corresponding NetTraffic/Activity item. By default, all statistics nodes are selected. If you select any of the nodes, a context menu displays the Unselect all subnodes option. If the nodes are deselected, this option turns to Select all subnodes.
These options are useful when handling a large number of ports. Thus, you can select one activity and select/deselect all ports.
When multiple ports are selected and the chosen statistics are not supported by all selected ports, the following happens:
- If the statistics are part of the filtering/sorting criteria in the Filter/Sort tab, the ports that do not support this type of statistics are filtered as well, but they have empty columns
In the Sorting pane, you can select particular statistics as the sorting criteria, as well as the sorting method (ascending/descending; best/worst performers), depending on the type of application-defined statistic.
When you select the Ascending link, a drop-down menu displays, allowing you to sort by showing the best/worst performers or ascending/descending, depending on the type of statistic.
Make sure you select the Enable Sorting check box before going on to choose the sorting criteria. If the check box is not selected, the sorting criteria are dimmed.
In the Filtering pane, you can filter the statistics using complex conditions. By default, no filter is defined and you must select “+” to add a new one.
Make sure you select the Filter by statistic check box before going on to choose the filtering criteria. If the check box is not selected, the filtering criteria are dimmed.
You must first select a statistic from the tree to filter by. Select the default statistic link. It is the first statistic in the Global Conditional parent node. Depending on the conditional view type set in the Test Configuration, the default statistic can be User ID or VLAN ID.
The available statistics tree displays, allowing you to choose the statistic to use as filter.
Select the statistic, then select OK to close the statistics tree and add the statistic as a filtering condition. To change the statistic to filter by, select it. The available statistics tree displays again.
Go on to select the logical operator between the simple conditions, such as, for instance, Stat1 < 10 AND Stat2 > 5.
Select the And link. A drop-down menu appears, allowing you to select the logical operator from one of the following:
- And
- Or
- Not And
- Not Or
You can disable some conditions without deleting them. For instance, in a specific situation, you may want to relax the complex condition in order to view more results for that run alone. As a result, there is no need to delete the condition from the profile. To enable/disable a condition, select the corresponding condition check box, as shown in the following figure.
Go on to select the simple condition operator. Depending on the type of statistic, two sets of operators can be selected.
- For Counter type statistics, the following operators are available:
- Is smaller than
- Is equal or smaller than
- Is different than
- Is greater than
- Is equal or greater than
- Is Between
- Equals with
- For IP type statistics, the following operators are available:
- Is like
- Is not like
Next, set the value to use with the operators. The default starting value is 0.
You can also filter by IP mask. Both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are supported. To add an IP mask as a filtering condition, select the relevant statistic in the statistics tree.
The filtering option is available only for IP-type statistics.
Then select the IP address and an IP mask to edit them.