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Structure Filter

Structure Filter

Owned by Jon Finn
Last updated: Mar 12, 2024

Information valid from AMI version 24.1

Summary

The Structure Filter allows you to limit which structures are displayed in the Browser and other gadgets by filtering on selected attributes of the root level object.

You can activate and deactivate the Structure Filter with the / button by the Workspace's name. If this button does not appear then you must enable the Can use structure filter parameter in the workspace's Workspace Parameters.




Setup Filter

The Structure Filter works by checking the values of one or more Text or Numeric attributes on the root-level objects of structures.

For example, if you set the filter to check the "Region" attribute for the value "LATAM" then only structures whose root-level object had a value of "LATAM" for the attribute "Region" would be displayed; all the other structures would be hidden.

  • Activate Filter—select this to apply the filter to all root-level objects.
    The  button is displayed next to the Workspace's name when a filter is being applied to its gadgets.
  • Attribute values—The value that the attribute must have for the structure to be displayed.
    You can use wildcards * for zero or more of any character or ? for any single character.
    The filter is case insensitive.
    Attributes with no filter value specified will not be checked when the filter is applied.

Defining the Filter Attributes

You need to specify which attributes should be checked when the Structure Filter is applied to a workspace by defining an attribute set that contains them. This attribute set should contain only Text and Numeric attribute types.

To specify a system-wide attribute set, specify the ID of the attribute set in the STRUCTURE_FILTER System Preference. This is the structure filter available in the browser palettes in the Connector for InDesign and for all Workspaces where no specific attribute set is selected,.

Enabling the Structure Filter

You must enable the structure filter for every Workspace where you wish to use it.

To do this, enable the Can use the structure filter parameter in the workspace's Workspace Parameters.

You can override this system-wide default for an individual Workspace.

To do this, select the attribute set from the Structure Filter Attribute Set list: