Supported Global Filter Types

This section provides a quick reference of Global Filter types.

Types of Global Filter

Filter Type	Description
Exclude location by prefix	Exclude search locations and nested locations with paths that begin with a given string. Can be used to exclude entire directory trees. Example 1 Filter value: C:\Windows\System32 Excludes all files and folders in the "C:\Windows\System32" folder. Example 2 Filter value: C:\Users\A\Documents\file.zip Excludes all files and folders nested in the "C:\Users\A\Documents\file.zip" archive.
Exclude location by suffix	Exclude search locations and nested locations with paths that end with a given string. Example Filter value: led.jnl Excludes all files and folders that end with "led.jnl", e.g. "canceled.jnl" and "totaled.jnl".
Exclude locations by expression	Exclude search locations and nested locations that match the given expression. The syntax of the expressions you can use are as follows: ?: A wildcard character that matches exactly one character; ??? matches 3 characters. : A wildcard character that matches zero or more characters in a search string. Example 1* Filter value: C:\V??? All locations where the path starts with "C:\V" followed by any three characters will be excluded during scans. For example, the expressions will exclude "C:\V123", but does not exclude "C:\V1" or "C:\V1234". Example 2 Filter value: /var/* All locations in the "/var" directory will be excluded during scans. Example 3 Filter value: /var/.txt All text files with the ".txt" extension in the "/var" directory will be excluded during scans. Example 4* Filter value: C:\Users\A\Documents\.zip All archived files with the ".zip" extension in the "C:\Users\A\Documents" folder will be excluded during scans. Example 5* Filter value: *.txt All text files with the ".txt" extension in all locations will be excluded during scans.
Exclude locations by expression	You can inverse this filter with a logical NOT operation to only include search locations and nested locations that match the given expression. !<expression> Example 1 Filter value: !.pdf Only locations with the ".pdf" suffix will be included during scans. Example 2* Filter value: !C:\Users\* Only locations where the path starts with "C:\Users\" will be included during scans. Example 3 Filter value: !C:\Users\A\Documents\.zip Only archived files within the "C:\Users\A\Documents" folder will be included during scans. Example 4* Filter value: !*.txt Only text files with the ".txt" extension in locations will be included during scans.
Include locations within modification date	Include search locations modified within a given range of dates. Prompts you to select a start date and an end date. Files and folders that fall outside of the range set by the selected start and end date are not scanned.
Include locations modified recently	Include search locations modified within N number of days from the current date, where the value of N is from 1 - 99 days. Example Filter value: 14 Only scan files and folders that have been modified not more than 14 days before the current date.
Exclude locations greater than file size (MB)	Exclude files that are larger than a given file size (in MB).
Ignore exact match	Ignore matches that match a given string exactly. Example Filter value: 4419123456781234 All exact matches of the pattern "4419123456781234" will be ignored as matches during scans.
Ignore match by prefix	Ignore matches that begin with a given string. Example Filter value: 4419 Search ignores matches found during scans that begin with "4419", such as "4419123456781234".
Ignore match by expression	Ignore matches found during scans if they match a given expression. ?: A wildcard character that matches exactly one character; ??? matches 3 characters. : A wildcard character that matches zero or more characters in a search string. Example 1* Filter value: 123 All data patterns that end with "123" will be ignored as matches during scans. Example 2* Filter value: 123* All data patterns that begin with "123" will be ignored as matches during scans. PCRE To enter a Perl Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE), select Enable full regular expressions support.
Add test data	Report match as test data if it matches a given string exactly. Example Filter value: 4419123456781234 All exact matches of "4419123456781234" found during scans will be reported as test data.
Add test data prefix	Report matches that begin with a given string as test data. Example Filter value: 4419 Report matches that begin with "4419" as test data, such as "4419123456781234".
Add test data expression	Report matches as test data if they match a given expression. The syntax the of the expressions you can use: ?: A wildcard character that matches exactly one character; ??? matches 3 characters. : A wildcard character that matches zero or more characters in a search string. Example 1* Filter value: 123 All data patterns that end with "123" found during scans will be reported as test data. Example 2* Filter value: 123* All data patterns that begin with "123" found during scans will be reported as test data.

To set up Global Filters, refer to the Set Up Global Filters.