### Filtering resources

JReport allows you to filter the data resources in a catalog and remain only the useful resources for you.

To filter resources in a catalog:

1. In the Catalog Browser, click the Filter View button on the toolbar and the Filter View dialog appears. See the dialog.

2. Provide a filter condition in the Filter Expression text box. Use "*" to stand for any string, and use "?" to stand for any character. Also you can leave this text box blank.
3. Select the Case Sensitive checkbox if you want JReport to distinguish between uppercase and lowercase characters when filtering.
4. In the Select the elements to include in the view box, select the resources you want to remain in the Catalog Browser by checking the checkbox in front of each resource.
   - If you want to select/deselect all the resources under one certain data source, check/uncheck the checkbox of the data source node.
   - If you want to select/deselect all the resources in the box, click the Select All/Deselect All button.
5. Click the OK button to filter the resources.

   The filter result will be the union of the resources that match the filter condition and the selected resources from the Select the elements to include in the view box.