WFDSS Help | Creating a Permanent Intelligence Filter

Creating Intelligence Filters

Filters allow you to save your preferences for displaying incidents on the Intelligence map so that you can easily view the incidents you need whenever you log into WFDSS. For example, if you are an Author, you might only want to see fires on your home unit displayed on the Intelligence map. To do this, you would create a filter that filters for only fires on your home unit, and you would select that filter as your default. Each time you log into WFDSS, those incidents will display on the Intelligence map.

You can create filters for incidents selecting the Edit Filter or Manage Filters options, which are located on the Info tab (to the left of the Intelligence map display).

Edit Filter is primarily for editing existing filters or for applying intelligence filters temporarily, but allows you to clear current selections to create a new filter.
Manage Filters allows you create new filters, delete intelligence filters or select a default filter.

The intelligence filter works the same as the incident filter. An intelligence filter, once created, appears in the filters drop-down list and is available for you to use each time you log into WFDSS.

WFDSS Production and Training do not share filters; you will have to re-create filters as needed on each system if you choose.

You can create a filter two ways:

To create an intelligence filter using the Manage Filters button:

From the Intelligence tab > Map tab, click Manage Filters, and then click Create New Filter. The Create New Filter page appears.
Click Clear to remove any previous filters.
Enter a new Filter Name.
Expand the filter option lists if needed to view your selections. Click next to the filter heading.
Select the Date Filters related to the incidents you are filtering for.
Select the appropriate Other Filter options.
Use the check boxes, radio buttons, and drop-down lists as appropriate to make your selections. To use, the category Selections appear in the right-hand side of the page. To remove an item, click <<.
- Incident privileges
- State
- Decisions (for published decisions, you can also sort by minimum and maximum cost)
- Acreage
- Geographic Area
- Jurisdiction
Enter a comma-separated list of Unit IDs that you want to filter on (e.g., CACND, CAALT, NCNCF).
Enter all or part of the Incident Author name and click Apply Filter to limit your list to names that match your search criteria. Click >> next to each person you want to include in your criteria. The names appear in the list on the right.
To view specific incidents, enter all or part of the Incident Name and click Apply Filter to limit your list to names that match your search criteria. Click >> next to the incident names you want to include in your criteria. The names appear in the list on the right.
Click Save Filter. Your changes are saved and the Incident List Display Preferences page appears. (See Setting Incident Preferences.)
Click Return. The Incident List page appears.
Locate the new filter in the Filters drop-down list and select it.

If the Incident List is empty, no incidents met all of your criteria. Click Edit Filter and verify that you selected the correct criteria. Try removing some of your more restrictive criteria. For example, if someone has changed the incident owner for the incident you are looking for, it will not show up on your list if you select the previous owner's name.

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Last updated on 12/7/2018 12:55:07 PM.

To create an intelligence filter using the Edit Filter button:

From the Intelligence tab > Map tab, click Edit Filter. The Edit Filter page appears.
Click Clear to remove any previous filters.
Enter a new Filter Name.
Expand the filter option lists if needed to view your selections, and click next to the filter heading.
Select the Date Filters related to the incidents you are filtering for.
Select the appropriate Other Filter options.
Use the check boxes, radio buttons, and drop-down lists as appropriate to make your selections. To use the categories (Geographic Area, for example), click >> next to the item you want to include in your list. Selections appear in the right-hand side of the page. To remove an item, click <<.
- Incident privileges
- State
- Decisions (for published decisions, you can also sort by minimum and maximum cost)
- Acreage
- Geographic Area
- Jurisdiction
Enter a comma-separated list of Unit IDs that you want to filter on (e.g., CACND, CAALT, NCNCF).
Enter all or part of the Incident Author name and click Apply Filter to limit your list to names that match your search criteria. Click >> next to each person you want to include in your criteria. The names appear in the list on the right.
To view specific incidents, enter all or part of the Incident Name and click Apply Filter to limit your list to names that match your search criteria. Click >> next to the incident names you want to include in your criteria. The names appear in the list on the right.
Click Create New Filter. Your changes are saved and the Incident List Display Preferences page appears. (See Setting Incident Preferences.)
Click Return. The Incident List page appears.
Locate the new filter in the Filters drop-down list and select it.