Filtering Lists

Filtering allows you to remove the items from a list that you do not want, using selection criteria that can apply to whole classes at a time.

Filtering can be invoked either by pressing a function key from the Toolkit displays Edit List, (Work with List Entries), or by using the Toolkit filter command appropriate to the list type, YFLTOBJLST, YFLTMBRLST, YFLTFMTLST, or YFLTDBFLST.
The filtering functions available are different for each list type, reflecting the different attributes possessed by the different types of list items.

The following is a table of filterable attributes.

Filter Type	OBJ List	DBF List	MBR List	FMT List
Object Names	Yes: mask	Yes: mask	Yes: mask	Yes: mask
Library Names	Yes: mask	Yes: mask	Yes: mask	Yes: mask
Member Names			Yes: mask
Object Type	Object Type	PF or LF	(DBF)	Format Type
Object Text	Yes CT	Yes CT	Yes CT	Yes CT
Attribute	Yes	DATA/SRC	Source Type	File Attribute
Object Owner	Yes
Create Date	Yes: (1)		Yes: (1)
Chg. dt. (Obj&Src)	Yes: (1)
Save file	Yes
Save File lib	Yes
Sys Compiler lvl	Yes: (1)
Object size	Yes: (1)
Damaged object	Dmgd/Undmgd
Journal		Yes
Select/omitused		Select/omit
Access path		Key/Arrival
Acc. path maint		Yes
Alt. Coll. Seq		Yes
Level Check		Yes
No. active rcds			(1)
No. deleted rcds			(1)
Flag value	Yes: (2)		Yes: (2)
Last used date	Yes: (1)		Yes: (1)
Date usage counter	Yes: (1)
reset
Days used	Yes		Yes
Creator	Yes
System where Created	Yes		Yes
Object domain	Yes
User modified	Yes
Auxilliary storage pool	Yes		Yes
Compression status	Yes
Compiler level

(1) Any of the relational operators *GT, *LT, *EQ, *NE may be used.

(2) Either of the relational operators *EQ, *NE may be used.

Either selection or omission logic can be used when filtering, that is, either every item meeting the criteria may be selected, or every item that does not meet the criteria may be selected.
Name selection can be specified; not just to select generic names, but also to select any combination of letters appearing anywhere in the name. For instance, all names containing the letters PGM could be selected. You specify the name selection that you desire by means of a name mask. Rules for specifying name masks are given below.