View filters

The VPS offers two kinds of filters, with the main difference being when they are applied:

View filters

View filters are applied to data already having been loaded into the VPS (whereas data filters work as Dynamics 365 BC filter on reading the data, either when the VPS is started or on reloading). Accordingly, only the capacity utilization by the visible activities is shown in the histograms. To work with the filters, the "Actions" menu offers three options:

• Choose View Filter
• Enable View Filter
• Disable View Filter

Create and edit filters

First, open the appropriate dialog by clicking "Choose View Filter" from the "View Filter" item.

The short video below shows how to proceed once you have opened the dialog.

If you want to make sure that the last used view filter will be applied when you start the VPS, tick the corresponding option in the "Setup" dialog: