Filter Displayed Holes

For some activities you might want to display a subset of holes in a pattern in the Viewport. For example, when exporting hole properties.

Filter templates are saved in the mine site database rather than as external files.

To filter holes:

1. Select the Design, Drill, Measure or Charge module.
2. Select patterns in the DataBlast Items Tree as required.
3. Select the Hole Filter Ribbon Menu.

   The Hole Filter screen displays.

4. Select whether to filter by hole identifier. If checked:
   1. Enter one ID or enter multiple IDs separated by commas.
   2. Select the search method from:
      • Exact Match
      • Regular Expressions—For examples, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/scripting/search-text-with-regular-expressions?view=sql-server-ver16
      • Wildcards—Use an asterisk (*) for multiple characters or a question mark (?) for a single character. For example, to find all holes that start with "A", enter A*.
5. Select whether to filter by any numerical properties. If checked, enter ranges as required; and select whether to include empty values.
6. Select whether to filter by any boolean properties (flags).
7. Select whether to filter by any statuses. The available statuses depend on the active module.
8. On the Hole Filter ribbon menu, click Apply Filter.

   Only holes matching the filter parameters display in the Viewport.

   Note: The Layers Toolbar includes an option to toggle the display of filtered-out holes. The Hole Filter ribbon menu name is in bold and has an exclamation mark if a filter is currently applied.

To save a hole filter template:

1. Select filter parameters as described in steps 1–7 above.
2. On the Hole Filter ribbon menu, click Save Filter As.

   The Hole Filter Template screen displays.

3. Enter the Name. Template names cannot be reused.
4. Click OK.

To load a hole filter template:

1. On the Hole Filter ribbon menu, click Load Filter.

   The Hole Filter Template Selection screen displays.

2. Select the template.
3. Click OK.