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Chapter 1 Getting Started with Security Manager
Understanding Basic Security Manager Interface Features
Using Selectors
Selectors appear in several places in the user interface; for example, the Device selector in Device view
(see Figure 1-1). These tree structures enable you to select items (like devices) on which to perform
actions. Several types of items can appear in a selector, depending on the task you are performing.
Items in selectors are presented in a hierarchy of folders. You can browse for items in a selector by
expanding and collapsing folders, which can contain other folders, items, or a combination of folders
and items. To expand and collapse a folder, click the +/- next to it.
To select an item, click it. If it is possible to perform actions on multiple items (for example, in a device
selector), you can use Ctrl+click to select each item, or Shift+click on the first and last item to select all
items between them. Many selectors support auto select, that is, when you type a single letter, the next
folder or item in the selector that begins with that letter is selected.
You can right-click an item to see commands that you can use with the item. Some commands on the
right-click menus are unique and not repeated on the regular menus.
Many times a device selector appears in a dialog box divided into two panes, Available Devices and
Selected Devices. In these dialog boxes, you must select the devices in the available devices list and click
>> to move them to the selected list to actually select the devices. To deselect the devices, you select
them in the selected devices list and click <<.
If a selector contains a large number of items, you can filter it to view a subset of those items. For more
information, see Filtering Items in Selectors, page 1-42.

Filtering Items in Selectors

To view a subset of the items in a selector, you can create filters to display only those items that match
the criteria you specify. You can have a maximum of 10 filters per user for each selector. After that, when
you create another filter, that new filter replaces the oldest filter. There is no duplication check for filters
that are created. You cannot delete filters manually.
A filter list appears above all selectors that can be filtered. From this list, you can do the following:
•Select a filter that you created previously.
•Select None to see the tree without any filters applied to it.
•Select Create Filter to create a filter.
Each filter can contain several filter rules. Each filter rule specifies a rule type, criteria, and values. You
select whether items must match any or all filter rules before they can be displayed in the selector.
When you create a filter, the fields that you can filter on depend on the types of items displayed in the
filter. However, the general procedure is the same for all selectors.
For information on filtering tables, see Filtering Tables, page1-45.
Tip When you filter a selector, that filter might remain applied to the selector when you open another window
that includes the selector. For example, when you apply a filter to the Device selector in Device view,
that filter is applied to the selector if you open the New Device wizard. If you have problems finding an
item in a selector, check the Filter field to see if a filter is being applied.
Step 1 Select Create Filter from the selector filter field to open the Create Filter dialog box.
Step 2 Select one of the radio buttons to determine the matching criteria. The choices are: