# Alert Summary Table Filters - Any way to exclude matches

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alert-summary-table-filters-any-way-to-exclude-matches/6850>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [July 11, 2013, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alert-summary-table-filters-any-way-to-exclude-matches/6850 "2013-07-11T13:54:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![corey\_simon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@corey\_simon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/corey_simon)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alert-summary-table-filters-any-way-to-exclude-matches/6850/1 "2013-07-11T13:54:40Z")

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I see how to enter a string for “Path Filter” and it returns only the entries that match the filter. However, is there a way to exclude records that match the filter? For example, I want to return all alarms with ItemPath “NOT LIKE \*1\_Device\_Comms”…Basically excluding those alarms from the alarm banner. Is there a way to do this with the built in filtering for the Alert Summary component?

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**Author:** ![greg.simpson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/greg.simpson/32/3135_2.png) [@greg.simpson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/greg.simpson)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alert-summary-table-filters-any-way-to-exclude-matches/6850/2 "2013-07-30T16:06:24Z")

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No, you wont be able to filter in this way. You could create additional SQLTag Realtime Providers to allow additional filtering.