The following help text describes the use of the filter via the web-based portal at SafelogWeb.com. Use of the filter on other platforms is similar.

The filter is a powerful tool that lets you focus on specific subsets of your logbook data. You can use it to display exactly the flights or records you are interested in while temporarily hiding everything else.

Basic Filter Usage

In general, select the filter options you want on the left side of the screen, then click Apply Filter. In some versions of Safelog, the filter updates automatically and you do not need to click an Apply Filter button.

Once a filter is active, only entries matching the selected conditions will be displayed.

For example, you could create a filter such as:

Manufacturer = Cessna AND PIC Time > 0

In the regular logbook view, you can see totals for the filtered records by looking at the totals row on the last page of the filtered results. For example, if you select the last 90 days and then look at the total at the bottom of the PIC column, you can see your PIC time for that 90-day period.

You can turn the filter off at any time to return to your full, unfiltered logbook.

Some Safelog versions also let you hide the filter. Hiding the filter removes it from the left side of the screen to give you more room for your logbook, but it does not remove the active filter conditions.

Most screens that display filtered data also show a plain-text description of the active filter. This makes it easier to confirm that you are looking at the data you intended to select.

The filter varies slightly between Safelog platforms. For example, some desktop versions support checkboxes that let you select multiple aircraft, aircraft types, or other items.

If you need to work with multiple aircraft or aircraft types at once, you may also want to look at the Totals feature. The Totals screen supports checkbox selection across Safelog platforms and may be better suited to some types of queries.

This help document uses example fields such as PIC, Night, and Cross Country. Your own logbook may use different fields depending on how you have configured Safelog.

Specific Examples and Usage

The examples below assume that you click Apply Filter when necessary.

Remember that you can often combine filter conditions. For example, you can set a date range and then select a specific aircraft registration to see only flights in that aircraft during that period.

Date Range Selector

The date-range selector lets you specify inclusive starting and ending dates. Quick-selection buttons are also available for commonly used periods such as:

• All Dates
• Last 30 Days
• Last Year
• Year to Date (YTD)

When filtering flights by date, Safelog generally uses the date and time at which the flight started.

For example, suppose you log a flight beginning on June 30 at 23:00 with a duration of four hours, ending on July 1 at 03:00. If you filter for June, the entire four-hour flight will be included because the flight began in June. If you filter only for July, that flight will not be included.

Filter Main Body

In several Safelog versions, the main filter is a multilevel tree that becomes increasingly specific as you drill down through it.

In the examples below, ... indicates that you are moving down another level of the filter tree.

The filter can be very powerful, although it may take a little experimentation to become familiar with all of its possibilities. In many cases, there is more than one way to reach the same result.

Because the filter is nested, selecting one condition may cause the filter tree to appear again below it, allowing you to add another condition. For example:

Manufacturer = Cessna AND PIC Time > 0

Filter Examples

• View Data Without Filters - Clears the central portion of the filter. Note that this does not necessarily reset the date filter to All Dates if a different date range is still selected.
• Aircraft by Registration - Useful for viewing your flying in a particular aircraft.
  • My time in N123AB - navigate to Aircraft by Registration ... N123AB.
  • My time in G-BLIP - navigate to Aircraft by Registration ... G-BLIP.
• Aircraft by Make/Model - Lets you filter by aircraft manufacturer, type, and, where applicable, specific registration.
  • My time in Embraer aircraft - navigate to Aircraft by Make / Model ... Embraer.
  • My time in Embraer E170 aircraft - navigate to Aircraft by Make / Model ... Embraer ... E170.
  • My time in the Embraer E170 N631RW - navigate to Aircraft by Make / Model ... Embraer ... E170 ... N631RW.
• Aircraft Characteristics - Filters your logbook using the characteristics assigned to each aircraft.

  Remember that these results depend on the aircraft characteristics you have entered. If, for example, you accidentally mark a B747 as a biplane, Safelog will treat it as a biplane when filtering.

  If filter results do not look correct, check your aircraft definitions under the Aircraft menu. Pay particular attention to aircraft showing an error or warning indicator.

  This branch lets you specify a single aircraft characteristic. If you want to combine several characteristics, use Multiple Aircraft Characteristics.

  • My helicopter time - navigate to Aircraft Characteristics ... Helicopter.
  • My time in turbocharged Cessnas - navigate to Aircraft Characteristics ... Turbocharged ... Cessna.
  • My time in non-turbocharged Cessnas - navigate to Aircraft Characteristics ... Not Turbocharged ... Cessna. The Not option is used for negative characteristics.
• Multiple Aircraft Characteristics - Similar to Aircraft Characteristics, but allows you to combine multiple characteristics.
  • My turbojet airplane time - navigate to Multiple Aircraft Characteristics ... Airplane ... Turbojet.
  • My time in non-simulator airplanes - navigate to Multiple Aircraft Characteristics ... Not Simulator ... Airplane.
  • My time in non-simulator turbojet airplanes - navigate to Multiple Aircraft Characteristics ... Turbojet ... Airplane ... Not Simulator.
  • My time in Boeing non-simulator turbojet airplanes - navigate to Multiple Aircraft Characteristics ... Turbojet ... Airplane ... Not Simulator ... Boeing.
  • My time in Boeing B737 non-simulator turbojet airplanes - navigate to Multiple Aircraft Characteristics ... Turbojet ... Airplane ... Not Simulator ... Boeing ... B737.

  The order in which you select the characteristics generally does not matter. For example, selecting Turbojet ... Airplane ... Not Simulator should produce the same result as selecting those same characteristics in another order.

  You can often continue drilling down still further, including to a specific aircraft registration.

• Aircraft Airline - Called Company or Operator in some Safelog configurations. This lets you filter using the operator assigned to an aircraft.

  The aircraft's operator field must be populated for this filter to work.

  • My time flying for British Airways - navigate to Aircraft Airline ... British Airways.
  • My time flying Boeing aircraft for British Airways - navigate to Aircraft Airline ... British Airways ... Airplane ... Boeing.
  • My time flying Boeing 777s for British Airways - navigate to Aircraft Airline ... British Airways ... Airplane ... Boeing ... B777.
• Handling Role - This section is visible only if Setup ... Airline Options ... Handling Role Field ... Display Handling Role is enabled.
  • My flights as PF (Pilot Flying) - navigate to Handling Role ... PF.
  • My flights as PNF (Pilot Not Flying) - navigate to Handling Role ... PNF.
  • My flights as PF in Boeing airplanes - navigate to Handling Role ... PF ... Airplane ... Boeing.
  • My flights as Examiner in Cessna C172 airplanes - navigate to Handling Role ... Examiner ... Airplane ... Cessna ... C172.
• Time Elapsed Fields - Lets you filter according to time-based fields in individual flight records.

  This is a powerful part of the filter, but it is important to understand exactly what you are asking Safelog to display.

  For example, suppose you want to know your total PIC time in Boeing 777s while flying for British Airways. You normally do not need to filter by the PIC field itself. Instead, you could filter:

  Aircraft Airline ... British Airways ... Airplane ... Boeing ... B777

  Then simply look at the total at the bottom of the PIC column.

  The examples below use the time field itself as part of the selection criteria:

  • All flights where my Night time is greater than zero - navigate to Time Elapsed Fields ... Night ... >0.

    This displays flights containing some logged Night time. It does not mean that the Total Duration column will equal your Night total. For example, a four-hour flight containing two hours of Day and two hours of Night would contribute all four hours to the Total Duration column because the entire flight matches the condition Night > 0.

  • All flights where I logged more than one hour of Cross Country time - navigate to Time Elapsed Fields ... XC ... >X. When prompted for X, enter 1.
  • All flights where I logged more than one hour, but no more than two hours, of PIC time - navigate to Time Elapsed Fields ... PIC ... >X and <=Y. Enter 1 for X and 2 for Y.
  • All flights where I logged both PIC and Cross Country time - navigate to Time Elapsed Fields ... PIC ... >0 ... XC ... >0.
  • All flights where I logged PIC time but no Cross Country time - navigate to Time Elapsed Fields ... PIC ... >0 ... XC ... =0.
  • All my PIC flights in Cessna C172s where I did not log Flight Instructor time - navigate to Time Elapsed Fields ... PIC ... >0 ... As Flight Instructor ... =0 ... Airplane ... Cessna ... C172.

    If you have several Cessna 172 variants recorded as separate aircraft types, such as C172N and C172R, you may need to run separate filters and combine the totals.

• Misc Numerical Fields - Lets you filter using whole-number fields such as landings or approaches. It works in much the same way as the Time Elapsed Fields filter.

  Remember that you do not necessarily need this filter simply to obtain a total. For example, if you want to know how many landings you made in the last 30 days, it is usually easier to set the date filter to the last 30 days and then look at the total in the appropriate landings column.

  • All flights where I logged exactly two day landings - navigate to Misc Numerical Fields ... Day Landings ... =X. Enter 2 for X.
  • All flights where I logged at least one precision instrument approach - navigate to Misc Numerical Fields ... Approaches Precision ... >0.
  • All turbojet flights where I logged at least one precision instrument approach - navigate to Misc Numerical Fields ... Approaches Precision ... >0 ... Turbojet.
  • All Airbus turbojet flights where I logged at least one precision instrument approach - navigate to Misc Numerical Fields ... Approaches Precision ... >0 ... Turbojet ... Airbus.
  • All Airbus A350 turbojet flights where I logged at least one precision instrument approach - navigate to Misc Numerical Fields ... Approaches Precision ... >0 ... Turbojet ... Airbus ... A350.
• Crew, Monetary, and Custom Fields - Depending on the crew, custom, and monetary fields you have configured, additional filter branches may appear.

  Typical examples include:

  • All flights where I was listed as Captain - navigate to Crew Captain ... SELF.
  • All flights where John Smith was listed as Copilot - navigate to Crew Copilot ... John Smith.
  • All flights where John Smith was Copilot in Boeing airplanes - navigate to Crew Copilot ... John Smith ... Airplane ... Boeing.
  • All flights where my custom Mission Code field was PIPELINE-8 - navigate to Mission Code ... PIPELINE-8.

How to Select Multiple Aircraft Types, Registrations, Manufacturers, or Operators

As of this writing, the main filter generally supports selecting a single aircraft type, registration, manufacturer, or operator at a time.

If your goal is simply to obtain totals for several aircraft, types, manufacturers, or operators, the Totals feature described later in this document will usually be the better tool.

If you specifically need to filter your logbook to several selected aircraft or aircraft types, however, you can use the following workaround:

• Go to SafelogWeb.com ... Setup.
• Go to Fields Setup ... Characteristics (Custom Aircraft Characteristics).
• Create a temporary custom aircraft characteristic in an unused customizable slot. For example, call it FILTERTEMP.
• If all of your custom characteristic slots are already in use, you can instead temporarily use an obscure built-in characteristic that you do not normally use, such as Firefighting.
• Make sure the selected characteristic is enabled.
• Go to the Aircraft screen and assign that characteristic to each aircraft you want included.
• Return to the filter and filter for that characteristic.

The resulting list of flights will include the aircraft to which you assigned that characteristic.

Native multi-select filtering may be added in the future. In the meantime, the method above can be useful in the relatively small number of cases where you specifically need this type of filter.

Airport Section

The airport selector lets you filter for flights that went TO, FROM, or VIA a particular airport.

For example, if you remember flying into Martha's Vineyard (KMVY) and want to find the flight, you can search using that airport.

If you know both the departure and arrival airports, you can enter both. For example:

From KJFK to EGLL

will show only flights that originated at KJFK and terminated at EGLL.

If your goal is to obtain totals showing where you have flown, you may find the Airport Reports section under Printing even more useful.

One useful trick is to set the FROM airport to your home base, apply the filter, and then switch to Map View. Safelog will graphically display the destinations you have flown to from that airport.

Text Filters

Text Filters let you search the comments and notes attached to your flights.

You can search a specific text field, or leave the selection set to All Text Fields to search across all available comments and notes.

Some Safelog versions also provide options for finding text that appears, or does not appear, specifically at the beginning or end of a text field.

Thank you for reading through this guide. As you can see, the Safelog filter is quite powerful, but it also has a few nuances. We encourage you to experiment with it to become familiar with the different ways you can analyze your logbook.

If you have a specific filter question that is not covered here, please contact us through our helpdesk.

The filter is excellent for some tasks, but other Safelog tools may be better for others.

Here are some examples:

• To see totals for multiple aircraft or aircraft types, use the Totals feature.

  Choose a mode that places aircraft or aircraft types in the left column, then select the applicable checkboxes. Safelog will display the corresponding totals at the bottom.

  The other dimension of the Totals screen can be configured using the available options, including logbook fields, dates, and others.

• To create totals for arbitrary groups of aircraft or aircraft types, use Career Summary by Aircraft.

  For example, you could group your B737-700 and B737-800 time together into a single 737 total.

  Look under Printing and Reports ... Career Summaries ... Career Summary by Aircraft on the web and desktop versions of Safelog.

• To see month-to-month or year-to-year totals, use the Graphs feature.

  The totals table below the graph will reflect the selections you make in the graph.

• If you are completing a career or regulatory form, check the Reports/Printouts section first.

  Safelog includes a number of built-in career and regulatory reports, including support for FAA Form 8710-1/IACRA, various EASA forms, and airline application helpers.

• If you are preparing for an FAA practical test or reviewing your regulatory status, look under Currency.

  Safelog includes tools that compare your logged aeronautical experience against applicable FAA requirements.