When choosing 'Specific selection' you have the option to filter the content of the reports by setting specific filter parameters. This allows you to extract and create reports of the information that is only relevant to the case, or, only of what you want to be displayed in the final reports.
Filters can be applied globally to the entire report, or, locally within specific selections with the exception of the Time filter. If you set the Time filter globally, you cannot use a different one locally.
On the 'Configure your report' page local filter settings can be set within each specific selection (Contacts, Messages, Emails, Call Logs...etc.). If both global and local filter methods are used simultaneously, only the data that satisfies both filters will be displayed in the report.
All filters using text are not case-sensitive (both upper and lower case letters are recognized). Text filters ignore diacritics (i.e. accents, glyphs, symbols and other marks added to letters in various languages), and ignore all non-alphanumeric characters (! @ # $ % & etc.). Multiple search terms can be specified - such as names, phone numbers or specific keywords and phrases - but should be separated by semicolons. At least one of the items must have a match in order to be displayed in the report. If the search terms contain spaces, each word is searched for separately, but all words must be present in a single text value simultaneously.
Most sections can be filtered by time. When this filter is enabled, you may enter a time range, and only items that contain a timestamp in this range will be listed in the report. This may be for example the timestamp of a message, the time of a call, a calendar event, the creation or modification time of a file, photo or contact and others. The time entered is in the time zone of your computer. Unlike other filter types, if you set the Time filter globally, you cannot use a different one locally.