Business component filters are used to restrict the size of extractions that otherwise might be too big. They suppress the extraction of business component records. Use business component filters with discretion because too much filtering can cause data-integrity problems on the server.
You can specify business component filters at either the application level or the user level. Do not specify business component filters at the user level outside of your test environment. After testing your business component filters, migrate them to the application level.
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