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Filters are combined first horizontally, then vertically.

See "Advanced Filtering: Examples" on page 98.

1.8.3.3 Restoring All Records

After you have applied filter criteria to records, you may want to cancel the filter criteria and display all the records again.

To restore all records:

• Click the Remove Filter button ( ) in the Table toolbar.

Making selections on the Filter tab of the Filter dialogue is the equivalent of filtering by selection as explained in "Filtering in Data Tables by Selection" on page 95.

Figure 1.41: The Filter dialogue - Advanced tab

Formula Data are kept in the table only if

=X value equal to X (X can be a number or characters)

<> X value not equal to X (X can be a number or characters)

< X numerical value is less than X

>X numerical value is greater than X

<=X numerical value is less than or equal to X

>=X numerical value is greater than or equal to X

*X* text objects which contain X

X* text objects which start with X

1.8.3.4 Advanced Filtering: Examples

In this section, you will find a few examples of advanced filtering:

• "Advanced Filtering: Example 1" on page 98

• "Advanced Filtering: Example 2" on page 99

• "Advanced Filtering: Example 3" on page 99.

1.8.3.4.1 Advanced Filtering: Example 1

In this example, there is an Atoll document with antennas from two manufacturers and with different characteristics.

The objective of this example is to use filter criteria to find antennas manufactured by Kathrein with a beamwidth between 50 and 100°. To do this, the following filter syntax is entered on the Advanced tab of the Filter dialogue (for information on the Advanced tab, see "Advanced Data Filtering" on page 96):

• The first criterion, as shown in Figure 1.43, is all antennas made by a manufacturer with a name beginning with a "K"

("=K*"). While you could write in the entire name ("=Kathrein"), it is not necessary because there is only one manu-facturer with a "K."

• The second criterion is all antennas with a beamwidth under 100°.

• The third criterion is all antennas with a beamwidth over 50°.

The combination of these criteria is all antennas from manufacturers with a name beginning with "K" and with a beamwidth under 100° but over 50°.

The result of this advanced filter can be seen in the second pane of Figure 1.43.

Figure 1.42: Initial table

Figure 1.43: Advanced filtering

1.8.3.4.2 Advanced Filtering: Example 2

In this example, the document is the same as in "Advanced Filtering: Example 1" on page 98. The objective of this example is the same as well: to use filter criteria to find antennas manufactured by Kathrein with a beamwidth between 50 and 100°. The filter syntax is entered on the Advanced tab of the Filter dialogue (for information on the Advanced tab, see "Advanced Data Filtering" on page 96), in this case, however, the entered filter syntax contains errors:

• As shown in Figure 1.44, the first criterion is all antennas made by a manufacturer with a name beginning with a "K"

("=K*").

• The second criterion is all antennas with a beamwidth under 100° and over 50°.

The result of this advanced filter can be seen in the second pane of Figure 1.43.

As previously stated, the objective of this example was to use filter criteria to find antennas manufactured by Kathrein with a beamwidth between 50 and 100°. However, because the second criterion (beamwidth under 100° and over 50°) is malformed, with "> 50" placed under "< 100", it functioned as an OR condition and not as an AND condition. The resulting filter searched for all antennas manufactured by Kathrein with a beamwidth under 100°, or all antennas over 50°; all antennas are displayed.

1.8.3.4.3 Advanced Filtering: Example 3

In this example, the document is the same as in "Advanced Filtering: Example 1" on page 98. The objective of this example is the same as well: to use filter criteria to find antennas manufactured by Kathrein with a beamwidth between 50 and 100°. The filter syntax is entered on the Advanced tab of the Filter dialogue (for information on the Advanced tab, see "Advanced Data Filtering" on page 96), in this case, however, the entered filter syntax contains errors:

• As shown in Figure 1.45, the first criterion is all antennas made by a manufacturer with a name beginning with a "K"

("=K*").

• The second criterion is all antennas with a beamwidth under 100° and over 50°.

The result of this advanced filter can be seen in the second pane of Figure 1.43.

Figure 1.44: Errors in filtering

As previously stated, the objective of this example was to use filter criteria to find antennas manufactured by Kathrein with a beamwidth between 50 and 100°. However, because the second criterion is malformed, the filter only generates an error message and no antennas are filtered out.

1.8.4 User Configurations

In Atoll, you can save many parameters and settings in user configurations and then load them in other documents. User configurations are used to store parameters and settings that are not stored in databases. User configuration files enable you to ensure that all users in a multi-user environment use the same settings.

The file extension of user configuration files is CFG. The file extension GEO is, however, used if only the geographic data set or zones are being saved in a user configuration file. User configuration files are XML files and can be opened in text and XML editors.

You can save the following information in user configuration files:

• Geographic data set: Full paths of imported geographic maps, map display settings (such as, the visibility scale, trans-parency, tip text, etc.), clutter description (code, name, height, standard deviations, etc.), and raster or user profile traffic map description.

• Map centre and zoom level: X and Y coordinates of the centre of the map window and the zoom level.

• Zones: Filtering, focus, computation, printing, and geographic export zones in the current document.

• Folder configurations: Sort, group, and filter settings (the current folder configuration, even if not saved, and other defined configurations for the folders), the filtering zone, the display settings of network data folders (including meas-urement display settings), and LTE and WiMAX AFP parameters (including constraint weights for frequency planning, physical cell ID planning, and preamble index planning).

• Automatic Neighbour Allocation Parameters: The input parameters of the automatic neighbour allocation.

• Automatic Scrambling Code Allocation Parameters: The parameters of the automatic scrambling code allocation.

• Automatic PN Offset Allocation Parameters: The parameters of the automatic PN offset allocation.

• Prediction List: The list of predictions in the Predictions folder and their settings (general, coverage conditions, and display).

• GSM Automatic Frequency Planning Parameters: Calculation options selected when starting a GSM AFP session as well as calculation parameters used for interference histograms.

• Macros: Full paths of any macros. Macros are loaded for entire Atoll sessions and not for a specific Atoll document.

You can export the macros to a user configuration even if you do not have an Atoll document open.

For a detailed description of the user configuration file, see the Administrator Manual.

In this section, the following are explained:

• "Saving a User Configuration" on page 101

• "Loading a User Configuration" on page 101.

When you save the geographic data set in a user configuration file, the coordinate system of all vector geographic data must be the same as that of the raster geographic data.

1.8.4.1 Saving a User Configuration

You create a user configuration by saving the selected settings to an external file.

To save a user configuration:

1. Select Tools > User Configuration > Save. The User Configuration dialogue appears (see Figure 1.46).