EMS Manual

Retrieving Event Messages Interactively
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Creating Simple Filter Tables
For information about compiled filters, see Section 5, Compiled Filters. For information
about creating filter tables and burst filters, see Section 6, Filter Tables and Burst
Filters.
Creating Simple Filter Tables
To try running a printing distributor with a filter table, you can write one of your own. A
filter table is represented as an EDIT file and does not need to be compiled. The filter
table can be loaded directly into the distributor.
These two examples show filter tables that perform the same functions as the two
simple compiled filters in the previous example:

To pass only critical event messages:
?COMMENT
EMS FILTER TABLE
?PASS
?EMPHASIS 1
*
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To pass all event messages from any specified subsystem (Pathway, in this case):
?COMMENT
EMS FILTER TABLE
?PASS
TANDEM PWY *
In both examples, the asterisk (*) causes all specified events to be passed. For a
detailed description of formatting guidelines for filter tables, see Section 6, Filter Tables
and Burst Filters.