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Custom Filters

This feature allows you to create customized filters as per your requirements. This custom filters can be used to manage other reports such as Custom Reports. Custom filters can be created from the Session Logs page on the Monitor View.

Creating Custom Filters

1. Click on Analytics tab on the Monitor View to see the Session Log information.

   

2. Click on the Filter symbol next to the columns to filter the information on the table. For example, if you want to view the social networking category information then click on the filter symbol next to Social-Networking on the Category column. Click on Reload at the top of the table to filter the table as per the Social-Networking data.

   All the existing filter will appear as a drop down when you click on the Filter symbol at the top of the table. You can also search for existing filters by clicking on the Search symbol.

   You can add multiple filters to the table.

   

3. To save the filter, click on the three dots at the top-right of the table and click on Save Filter. The Save Custom Filter As dialog box appears.

   

4. Add the Filter Name and click on Save to save the filter. You can also click on Save and Create Report Rule to automatically navigate to the Custom Reports page.

   

Editing and Deleting Custom Filters

You can add or remove individual filters inside a Custom Filter by editing the filter settings.

To add a new filter you need to open the custom filter using the filter option at the top of the table. Then, click on the filter symbol next to the columns to add the filters. Click on the 3 dots at the extreme right and select Save Filter. You can remove an existing filter by directly clicking on the Save Filter button and removing the filter.

Similarly, you can delete an existing custom filter by clicking on the 3 dots at the extreme right and selecting Delete Filter. Once you delete a Custom Filter from the session log page it will also get deleted from the Custom Rules page, which is used to create Custom Report.