anchor.diff:  * It is necessary to compile the transformation up front and deploy it to Kafka Connect.
   * Every change needs code recompilation and redeployment, leading to inflexible operations.
   
  +// Type: concept
  +// Title: Example: {prodname} basic filter SMT configuration
  +// ModuleID: example-basic-debezium-filter-smt-configuration
  +[[example-basic-filter-configuration-example]]
  +== Example: Basic configuration
   
  -// Type: concept
  -// ModuleID: example-of-configuring-filter-conditions
  -// Title: Example of configuring filter conditions 
  -== Example
  +You configure the filter transformation in the {prodname} connector's Kafka Connect configuration.
  +In the configuration, you specify the events that you are interested in by defining filter conditions that are based on business rules.
  +As the filter SMT processes the event stream, it evaluates each event against the configured filter conditions.
  +Only events that meet the criteria of the filter conditions are passed to the broker.
   
  -To filter change event records, configure the filter transformation in the Kafka Connect configuration for the {prodname} connector.
  +To configure a {prodname} connector to filter change event records, configure the `Filter` SMT in the Kafka Connect configuration for the {prodname} connector.
   Configuration of the filter SMT requires you to specify a regular expression that defines the filtering criteria. 
   
  -For example, you might add the following configuration in a `.properties` file:name: value
  +For example, you might add the following configuration in your connector configuration.
   
   [source]
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positive.code: [[filter-configuration-options]]
  == Configuration options
  
  The following table lists the configuration options for the filter SMT.
  
  .filter SMT configuration options
  [cols="30%a,25%a,45%a"]
  
negative.code: However, in many cases, you might be interested in only a subset of the events emitted by the producer. 
  To enable you to process only the records that are relevant to you, {prodname} provides the _filter_ simple message transform (SMT).
  
  The filter SMT supports scripting languages that integrate with https://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=223[JSR 223] (Scripting for the Java(TM) Platform).
  
  Kafka Connect provides its own link:https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-66%3A+Single+Message+Transforms+for+Kafka+Connect[Simple Message Transforms] (SMT) to encode filtering logic.
  