Dashboard Designer List Widget component filter doesn't return targets: corrupt characters for ":" or "\"

Products

• DX Unified Infrastructure Management (Nimsoft / UIM)

Issue/Introduction

I am building a List Widget in the Dashboard Designer using the "component filter" that is available when I use the "Metric" column type. 

The component Filters lets you type in the filter. Once we put a filter for example: "D:" the filter then corrupts and it doesn't filter the component as expected

 

After saving "D:" it translates it then into: D>, effectively corrupting the filter. 

 

Environment

DX UIM 23.4.3 (CU3)

Cause

Defect: an issue with character translation when putting the filter ":" or "\" it translates it incorrectly, invalidating the component filter.  

Resolution

This character translation issue is fixed in DX UIM 23.4.4 (CU4) 

In the meantime, follow the instructions below to create a working component filter: 

 

1. While using the a column tupe "Metric" in List Configuration, Chose the metric from the available metrics
   
   
   
   
   

2.  In component filter, select the condition for the filter: (contains, start with etc.)

3. DO NOT use the drop down to select your custom filter, but type it in. For example, "Partition D"
   
   
   
   
   

4. Once you have written the filter, (for example "Partition D") click once, outside the box on a white space. Doing this will save the changes.
   
   
5. Then just click OK and finish. 
   
   
   
   

NOTES:

DO NOT TYPE "Partition D:\" or "Partition D:" or any other combination with including ":" or "/" as those character will break the search 

DO NOT type only "D" because D is too short, we need at least 3 characters for searching. 

When typing your own filter, always click outside in a white space so it saves it and then only click OK.