Edit Conditions dialog

The dialog appears when you click the button or in the Conditional Formatting dialog, or click the button or in the Insert Link dialog or Edit Link dialog if the Conditional Link checkbox in the dialog is checked. It helps you to add a new condition or edit an existing condition, and has the following two modes:

Advanced/Basic

Switches the dialog to the advanced/basic mode.

OK

Applies the settings and exits the dialog.

Cancel

Cancels the settings and closes the dialog.

Help

Displays this help document.

Basic mode

The basic mode provides function for creating simple filter conditions which are connected by AND and OR operators. See the dialog.

Delete the current condition line.

Field

Specifies the field to be filtered.

Operator

Specifies the operator to compose the filter expression.

Value

Specifies the value of how to filter the field. You can either enter the value manually in the text box or select a value from the drop-down list. When you type in the value manually, if multiple values are required, they should be separated with ",", and if "," or "\" is contained in the values, write it as "\," or "\\".

Logic

Lists the logic operator.

Advanced mode

The advanced mode enables the building of more complex filter conditions via the grouping of conditions. See the dialog.

Add Condition

Adds a new condition line.

Delete

Deletes the selected condition line.

Group

Makes the selected conditions in a group. Conditions can also be added to an existing group by selecting the conditions and the group while holding the Ctrl button, and then clicking the Group button.

Ungroup

Makes the selected condition ungrouped.

Up

Moves the selected condition or group up to a higher level.

Down

Moves the selected condition or group down to a lower level.

Logic

Specifies the logic operator.

Field

Specifies the field to be filtered.

Operator

Specifies the operator to compose the filter expression.

Value

Specifies the value of how to filter the field. You can either enter the value manually in the text box or select a value from the drop-down list. When you type in the value manually, if multiple values are required, they should be separated with ",", and if "," or "\" is contained in the values, write it as "\," or "\\".

Condition Expression

Displays the SQL statement of the condition.