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4. Basic filters design, continued

An example:

This filter will filter out any entries from Kermit with process name CROND if the facility is Clock with severity Information and the message contains the word hourly.

In this example, all the available fields have been used when specifying the filter. This not only minimizes the risk for an unintentional filter (Filter out any message with the word hourly would filter out the desired entries, and most likely others too). Specifying as many options as possible also drastically reduces the load on the database. Most of these fields are indexed by the database, hence reducing the load is they are specified in the filter.  

Next: Alarms are similar to filters

Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Using filters
3. Basic filter design
4. Basic filter design, continued
5. Alarms are similar to filters
6. Using filter groups
7. Advanced filter design
8. Advanced filter design, continued
9. Conclusion