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Using custom selections

It is possible to save selections of objects, recipients or filters before saving your custom report in separate selection files.

For the default location of selection files (.PrSel), see: Default paths for installation and settings.

A selection file is independent of the report template used to create it; this lets you associate it to different reports, and therefore to modify it only once if necessary. Once a modification is completed, all reports referencing the selection file will immediately reflect it.

Your reports may use one or more selections set up in different tabs:

In the Selection tab, to select specific mailboxes;
In the Correspondents tab, to select specific correspondents through their address type;
In the Filter tab, etc.

These selections do not depend from each other and they are recorded in different files. Thus, you must save a selection set up in the Filter tab in a file different of the one that records your selection of mailboxes. It is recommended to give meaningful names to your selection files to avoid confusion.

example

You would like to save a report option file for the General Mailbox Traffic report you just set up.

You decide to report on Exchange and Internet correspondents only. Select these correspondent types and click the icon to save a new selection file.

You can add, clear, save or choose selection settings using the following buttons:

Option	Description
	Save setting(s) in the saved selections folder. This option is not compulsory.
	Open the saved selections folder to select previously saved selection settings.

Selection files may be reused in all reports that feature similar selection settings (in this example, General Mailbox Traffic, Mailbox by Traffic Level and Traffic Between Recipients). The selection file extension is *.PrSel.