This topic provides the following information about the Search tab.
You can use the Search tab to perform the following functions:
To perform a search, on the Search tab, you must specify a search criteria and then click Search to see results matching those criteria. The search bar offers type-ahead search suggestions based on a history of your search queries to see a predicted listed of suggestions that might match the last few words of the search query you want to type.
You can provide a search string that can consist of:
For more information, see Search string syntax.
The Search tab provides you quick access to the following items displayed in four quadrants:
Data Collectors | Data indexed over last week |
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List of all data collectors that recently polled data (successfully) for search (maximum 10). Click one of the items in the list to run a search query that shows results originating from that data collector. | Displays a graph that plots a line chart showing the sum of all the records indexed along with the total volume of data (sum of bytes) indexed in the last week. This graph gives you a high level understanding about the amount of data indexed by the product. It also indicates the kind of data load that the product is handling. Example: If you see a sudden dip in the record count on a particular day, it might indicate that some data collectors or the Collection Stations (or Collection Agents) are not working. In this graph, the following apply:
For more information, see Monitoring the product metric files. |
Workspaces | Notifications |
The number of recently created workspaces (maximum of 10). Click one of the items displayed to switch between workspaces. | List of recently created notifications (maximum of 10). Click one of the items to edit that notification. |
The following image displays the Search tab UI controls:
Search tab UI controls
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The following table summarizes the Search tab UI controls at a high level. You can view the various UI controls summarized in the following table only after you specify a search criteria on the search bar.
UI controls on the Search tab
UI control | Description | More information |
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Search bar | Can be used to specify your search criterion. You can also click Pause Search or Cancel Search next to the search bar, to pause or cancel a search that is taking too long to complete.You can click Save Search next to the Search bar to save the search query. You can use the resulting saved search to use it for monitoring the results obtained by running the search query. This can be done by adding views or notifications on the basis of the saved search. | |
Search commands | ||
Managing saved searches | ||
Timeline chart | Displays a chart that summarizes your search results. | Using the Timeline and Summarization charts |
Time range list | Can be used to specify a time range for your search. | Searching with a time-context |
Filter pane | Displays a list of fields and tags to add to your search criteria. | Understanding fields and tags |
Search results area | Displays a a list of indexed data, depending on your search criteria. You can view your search results as optimized, minimal, expanded minimal, or detailed. You can switch between the Text View Settings > User Settings. that displays the data in the search results and the Chart View that summarizes your search results as a chart. By default, a maximum of 100 results are displayed on one page. You can change this setting by changing the page size; navigate toYou can click Export Search Results Administration > System Settings. to export the search results for later viewing. You can change the maximum number of results to export, by navigating to | Viewing and understanding the search results |
Workspaces | Displays the active session in which you are operating. The active session displays a list of recent search queries that you can run. You can save particular search queries and add notes to them, share them, and mark them as favorites by clicking the star icon ( ). You can also share a workspace. | Managing workspaces |