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While General Criteria is similar for all activities (date range, computers, users), Event Criteria varies depending on the type of activity selected. Event Criteria in combination with General/Global Criteria provides the cross-hair view to specific data. Problem areas come into focus, and charts become easier to read.
For example, instead of looking at all Web Site activity for a week, you can filter the recorded data to included only "blacklist" domains. The Dashboard will retrieve just the Web Site events that occurred at the specified domains.
Event Criteria produces a fine-granularity view of data. The data you see becomes more meaningful as you "filter" events.
Select
Filter Options
The Event Criteria for most data forms usually have all options "on"
by default and retrieve all types
of email, all domains, all types of file transfers, etc.
Affect
One Form
Event Criteria settings are always specific to an individual chart,
report or form. Changing Event Criteria for one chart will not affect
any other chart.
Work
with Global Settings
Event Criteria settings refine rather than override Global Criteria
settings. For example, limit Email events to only
"outgoing" mail sent only to "competitor" domains.
These settings would be applied after
Global Criteria settings: retrieve data from the "Previous Month"
and only from "Marketing Dept. Users." Changing the Global Criteria
has no affect on the Event Criteria when the criteria has been saved.
Save
Criteria
Event Criteria settings for a chart, report or form "stick"
until you Refresh the view of
data. To save your custom criteria settings, click the General Criteria
tab and select Save Criteria at
the bottom of the dialog box.
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When you change the Event Criteria for one chart, report, or form, it does not affect the criteria for other data forms. The criteria will eventually revert to the default settings if you do not select Save Criteria on the General Criteria panel. |
"Custom
Criteria"
In Quick View, you can tell when Event (or General) Criteria has been
changed from the default settings because a "Custom Criteria"
marker appears next to the chart.
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Examples:
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All events (except User Activity and Screen Snapshots) allow you to search for keywords or phrases as criteria. The Dashboard accepts any number of search keywords, up to 99 characters. Keywords are matched against selected fields in event records, such as the URL of a web site. At least one field must match the search criteria before a record is returned as a match. See Event Search Rules for more information searching.
Most events let you limit the scope of events to those processed by a specific program or at a specific domain. For example, you can track active time spent on a specific game program. Finally, all events are associated with their own actions (print, download, active program, etc.) and type (protocol for chat, file transfer, email, etc.). Refer to each of the following topics for complete information.
