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User Guide for Cisco Security Manager 4.4
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Chapter 1 Getting Started with Security Manager
Understanding Basic Security Manager Interface Features
•Any filter you apply is kept in the left most menu below the Advanced Filter entry. You can apply
the filter by selecting it from the list. However, this list can have at most 10 entries. When you create
your eleventh filter, your oldest filter is removed from the list. If you select a filter and add criteria,
you are modifying that filter rather than creating a new one. You cannot delete the listed filters.
Tip Your filter is maintained for a given type of table even if you select another device or log out and
subsequently log back in. For example, if you filter the Access Rules table for one device, it will be
filtered the same way for other devices. When you clear the filter, it is cleared for the same type of table
for all devices. Your filters do not affect what any other user sees.

Table Columns and Column Heading Features

Tables contain columns, each of which has a column heading in the heading row. These columns and
their headings include the following features:
•Show/hide Columns—Right-click the table heading row to open the context menu and then select
Show Columns. This menu enables you to select which columns appear. Showing or hiding columns
does not affect the content of items defined in the table; it affects only your view.
By default, the tables for some policies do not display all available columns.
•Show Details/Show Summary—Right-click the table heading row to open the context menu and then
select either Show Details or Show Summary. This toggling menu enables you to select whether to
view detailed or summarized information in the table.
•Move columns—Click and drag a column heading to move the column to a new position.
•Resize columns—Click a column heading divider (when the cursor turns into an arrow) and drag it
to resize the column.
•Sort by column headings—Click a column heading to sort the table by that column’s contents. Click
the same column heading again to reverse the sort order. The sorted column has an arrow next to its
heading.
Using Text Fields
Text fields can be single- or multiple-line, depending on the purpose of the field. Text fields that can
contain multiple text lines include several features to make them easier to use. The following topics
describe limitations and features of text fields:
•Understanding ASCII Limitations for Text, page1-46
•Finding Text in Text Boxes, page 1-47
•Navigating Within Text Boxes, page 1-47

Understanding ASCII Limitations for Text

Devices typically restrict text to ASCII characters. If you include non-ASCII characters in Security
Manager text fields that are used to generate commands in a device configuration file, the presence of
those characters can prevent the configuration file from loading on the device. For example, a non-ASCII
character in an interface description for an FWSM can prevent the device from loading the startup
configuration when you restart the device.