File
Filters
You
can use all filters to filter tickets
in any file the same way as when filtering tickets in the package. Depending
on your selected option the filter will write to the package all tickets
from the filtered file which match or do not match filter's criteria.
There
are only a few differences between package filters and file filters:
- You
can use all file filters even when the package is empty.
- Invoking
a file filter from menu will first bring up a standard window where you
can browse the file you wish to filter into the package.
- The
results of the file filtering will overwrite current package contents,
the filter does not modify the filtered file.
- There
are following changes to filter windows:
- There
is an edit field showing the name of the file which to be filtered at
the top of the window. You can select a different file by clicking the
button.
- Option Remove
is replaced with Skip and option Leave is replaced with
Write. When the option Write is selected then the filter
will write to the package all tickets from the filtered file which match
its criteria. When the option Skip is selected only tickets which
do not match filter criteria will be written to the package.
- The
Apply button is missing because using the filter will always overwrite
the package contents.
Note: It is not possible to use the Random Selection filter to filter a file
into the package. A workaround is to insert
the file into the package first and then use the Random Selection
filter.