Filtering step by step

You can use Filter Step by Step to apply a filter to elements you have already selected or filtered.

To filter step by step

1. Click Filter Step by Step in the Filter Assistant.
2. Click one of the filter options and select a filter criterion. You can combine criteria and specify whether a criterion must be fulfilled (=) or whether this is not necessary (<>).

   The entries you make are displayed in the Filter condition line. You can use Delete condition to delete the filter condition you defined last.

3. Specify how and which elements are to be filtered.
   Here, Apply means that the elements you have already selected are retained.
   • Apply to current selection, additional condition
   • Apply to current selection, remove
   • Apply to all elements, add
   • Apply to all elements, new filter
   • Use selection rectangle, add
   • Use selection rectangle, new filter
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to filter again.