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Object List Filter

In the default configuration, LEX shows all objects in the object list panel which are returned from the server. However, you can configure a filter which is applied to the request. So if you want for example that only group objects are shown in the list, you could display then groups in an entire subtree (a combination of setting the correct filter and configuring the appropriate object list scope).

An active filter in the object list panel

 

To activate and configure a filter for the object list, you can use the Set object list filter button Set object list filter button drop down menu. If you have save LDAP filter to disk before (see explanations for this below in this topic), you can see a list of this saved filter structure (sub dirs are shown as sub menus):

The object filter drop down list

Most probably you will see a list of filters because LEX comes with a set of pre-defined LDAP filters.

If you want to use an empty filter to see all objects, just choose the option Empty Fiter, the LDAP filter string '(objectClass=*)' is used then.

You can even open the object filter configuration dialog by choosing Show filter options dialog from the drop down or with the menu option Tools - Options - Object Filter. In this case, the Object Filter dialog is shown:

Configuring the object filter

Here you can configure the filter directly or you can use a filter from the Filter Factory. There are easy ways to save and load filters. LEX stores the appropriate filter files in the Profile and Filter Storage Path in the subdirectory LDAPFilter as text files.

The filter which is used for the object list has to be an LDAP filter string as described in RFC 2254. When using the object filter dialog to configure the filter, you can enter the filter string directly or you can use the LEX filter editor to construct the filter. A detailed description of this editor is given in the topic about the Filter Factory. There is also a topic in this manual with general information about LDAP filters.

A good description of LDAP filters can also be found at the LDAP Filter pages at the SelfADSI LDAP Scripting tutorial.

Set object list filter button The Set object list filter button open the configuration dialog for the object list filter settings.

Active filter button If an LDAP filter is active, the Set object list filter button is blinking to attract attention to the fact that maybe not all objects are shown in the current list.