When you run a report, you often do not want every available record displayed or printed. Selecting a subset of records to work with is called filtering. The Filter page of the Reports Explorer and the report wizards allows you to specify which records are included in the report. You can also query against multiple companies using this page. Note: this page may not be available for some reports.

This page has the following options:

• Use same filter next time report is run: if this option is turned on, any filter specified is used as the default filter the next time the report is selected. Of course, the filter can be changed the next time, but this option is handy if you usually use the same filter each time the report is run.

• Filter: click this button to display the Filter dialog. This dialog allows you to determine which records to include in the report. The space below the Filter button shows the filter specified for this report.

• Exclude: click this button to display the Exclude dialog. This dialog allows you to determine which records to exclude in the report. The space below the Exclude button shows the exclusion filter specified for this report.

• Companies: Stonefield Query allows you to report on data from more than one company in the same report. To do that, click the Companies button to display a list of companies to include in this report. Turn on the checkbox in front of a company to include it in a report. If none are selected, the report includes data from the currently selected company only. Turn on the "All" option to automatically select all companies or turn it off to deselect all companies.

  Note that every table has a "Source Company" field that contains the name of the company each record came from. Include this field in your report if you want to see which company contained each record. The space below the Companies button shows the companies selected for this report.