To filter using span of control

Purpose

The NFM-P GUI displays objects and allows object configuration based on the span of control of the user and user preferences. You can configure user preferences to specify that only objects within the Edit Access span of control of the current user are displayed in list forms and on the navigation tree. See To configure NFM-P user preferences for more information about user preferences.

For more information about span of control, see the section on creating a span of control in the NSP System Administrator Guide.

Steps
 
1 

Open a List Form and choose an entry from the object drop-down menu.

2 

Perform one of the following.

  1. Configure span settings for a simple search.

    1. Configure filter properties, if required; see To perform a simple search from an object list form .

    2. Configure the Span On check box to override the user preferences default span setting.

    3. Click Search. A filtered list of objects is displayed.

      When Span On is enabled, only the objects that are within the Edit Access span of control of the current user are displayed.

  2. Configure span settings for an advanced search.

    1. Click the Filter icon to open the filter configuration form.

    2. Configure filter properties, if required; see To perform an advanced search from an object list form .

    3. Configure the Span parameter. The following table describes the Span parameter options.

      Option

      Description

      Span Off

      Span of control filtering is disabled; objects in the View Access and Edit Access spans of the current user are displayed.

      Span On

      Span of control filtering is enabled; only objects in the Edit Access spans of the current user are displayed.

      User Preference

      Span of control filtering is enabled or disabled, as configured on the User Preferences form.

    4. Click Apply and close the filter configuration form. The search results are displayed.

3 

Select the required object in the list.

End of steps