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The Advanced filter lets you construct Fields for reporting from one or two existing Fields. Use POSIX regular expressions and corresponding variables to ... SkiptomaincontentAdvancedfiltersTheAdvancedfilterletsyouconstructFieldsforreportingfromoneortwoexistingFields.UsePOSIXregularexpressionsandcorrespondingvariablestocaptureallorpartsofFieldsandcombinetheresultinanyorderyouwish.Forgeneralinformationonhowfilteringworks,readAboutFilters. AnAdvancedFiltertakesuptotwofields,FieldAandFieldB,toconstructtheOutputField.TheExtractAexpressionisappliedtoFieldA,andtheExtractBexpressionisappliedtoFieldB.Theseexpressionscanusecompleteorpartialtextmatchesandincludewildcards.Thefollowingisalistofthemostcommonwildcardsandtheirmeanings.TheexpressionsconformtoPOSIXregularexpressions. Wildcard Meaning . matchanysinglecharacter * matchzeroormoreofthepreviousitem + matchoneormoreofthepreviousitem ? matchzerooroneofthepreviousitem () remembercontentsofparenthesisasitem [] matchoneiteminthislist - createarangeinalist | or ^ matchtothebeginningofthefield $ matchtotheendofthefield \ escapeanyoftheabove Usetheparenthesis()tocapturepartsoftheFields.ThesecanbereferencedintheConstructorusingthe$A1,$A2,$B1,$B2notation.The$Aor$BreferstotheField,andthenumberreferstowhichparenthesistograb.Intheaboveexample,theentireFieldAandtheentireFieldBarecapturedandassembledasthenewfield.TheOutputtoFieldcanbeaseparatefieldorthesamefieldasFieldAorFieldB. Controls TheOverrideOutputFieldoptionletsyoudecidewhattodoiftheOutputtoFieldalreadyexists.TheFieldxRequiredoptionletsyoudecidewhattodoifoneoftheexpressionsdoesnotmatch.Finally,CaseSensitiveindicateswhetherthedatamustmatchthestringswithexactcapitalization.Wasthishelpful?Howcanweimproveit?YesNoSubmittrueReporting-viewfiltersIncludeandexcludefiltersSearch-and-replacefiltersAdvancedfiltersExcludeinternaltrafficFilterdomainreferralsFilterongeographyCustomfilterfieldsSocialNetworkfiltersSearchClearsearchClosesearchGoogleappsMainmenuSearchHelpCentertrue69256falsefalse