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Filters dialog

The Filters dialog helps you include or exclude files that you want to migrate.

The following fields appear on the dialog:

Include Filter

Specifies that the files and folders that match the criteria specified on the dialog are included in the DNA file.

Exclude Filter

Specifies that the files and folders that match the criteria specified on the dialog are excluded from the DNA file.

Name and Type tab

Includes options to let you specify matching criteria for files or folders. The following fields appear on the tab:

Folders

Specifies that the matching criteria you specify on the Name and Type, Date and Size, and Locations tab applies to folders.

Files

Specifies that the matching criteria you specify on the Name and Type, Date and Size, and Locations tab applies to files.

Named

Specifies characters that you want to match. You can use the following wild cards:

• asterisk (*)--Specifies any number of characters.
• question mark (?)--Specifies one character.

Add

Adds the characters in the Named field to the Criteria list.

Choose

Opens the Add Extension dialog that lets you choose from a list of common file extensions. The extensions are added to the Criteria list. (Applies to files only.)

Remove

Removes a selected item from the Criteria list.

Allow User Level Environment Variables

Specifies that the matching criteria can include supported CA DMM environment variables.

Date and Size Tab

Includes options to let you specify date criteria (applies to files and folders), and file size criteria (applies to files only). The following fields appear on the tab:

All Files

Specifies that the no date criteria is used; only file size criteria is used.

Find All Files

Lets you select whether the criteria applies to the following:

• When the files or folders were Modified, Created, or Last Accessed
• If the files or folders were Modified, Created, or Last Accessed in a date range
• If the files or folders were Modified, Created, or Last Accessed in the last x months, where x is the number of months
• If the files or folders were Modified, Created, or Last Accessed in the last x days, where x is the number of days

The File Size Must Be

Lets you specify a file size in kilobytes (KB). You can specify a minimum file size (at least) or a maximum file size (at most).

Locations Tab

Includes options that let you specify matching criteria for folders and subfolders. The following fields appear on the tab:

Look In

Specifies the name of the folder.

Browse

Opens a dialog that lets you select a folder.

Include Subfolders

Indicates whether you want to include the subfolders within the specified folder in the matching criteria.

Use Parent Folder of Matching Items

Indicates whether you want to migrate just the files and folders that matched the criteria (unchecked) or whether you want to migrate everything located in the folder where the matching items were found (checked).

Omit The Following Folders

Lets you identify folders and subfolders that you do not want CA DMM to search. The folders you add appear in the Omitted Folders list.

• Click Add to specify a folder and whether you want to omit subfolders of this folder.
• Select the folder from the list and click Remove, to remove a folder from the list.

Create/Save Filter

Assembles the information you specified on the tabs, creates a filter description, activates it (checks the box to the left of the filter description), and displays it in the Filters list in the lower portion of the dialog.

Save Filter

Saves the changes to a filter that you have modified to the Filters list.

Clear Fields

Removes data from all fields in the tabbed portion of the dialog while you are creating a filter. You can only clear fields before you click Create Filter.

Always Omit

Lets you specify a list of folders that you always want to omit from any filter search. The folders and subfolders you identify are not saved in the Filters table, so you must click Always Omit to view these folders.

Filters List

Displays a list of filters. When checked, the filter is active. When unchecked the filter is not active.

Edit Filter

Lets you change the criteria for a selected filter.

Remove Filter

Deletes a selected filter from the Filters list.

Remove All

Deleted all filters from the Filters list.

Find Files

Performs a test of the matching criteria for all of the active filters in the Filters list.

Note: For disk-to-disk migration, file search is performed on the slave disk.

Stop

Stops an active search initiated by clicking Find Files.

Filter Criteria Matching Table

Display a list of the files located during the test of the filter matching criteria.

More information:

Using Filters