Advanced Search
The Client Management - database typically contains large numbers of objects. The Advanced Search functionality is designed to let you quickly locate and view information about a particular object, group or folder of objects that meet the search criteria you specify.
To execute a search define the following criteria:
Parameter | Description |
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Object | Select the type of the object to find from the list box. You can search for any main object type that exists in the database. If Device is selected as the type a new drop-down list box appears to the right, in which you can define if the search is to be executed in the Topology , in the Device Group Hierarchy , only for Objects Found (among the objects under the Lost and Found node) or for All objects in the database. |
Criterion | Select in this list the object attribute on which the search is to be executed, for example, the object name or the object notes, and so on. |
Operator | Select the operator for the search, possible values are Contains , Ends with , Equal to , Greater than , Greater than or equal , Less than , Less than or equal , Like (SQL) , Not equal to , Not like (SQL) , Starts with , Is Null and Is Not Null . |
Value | Enter the value to search for into this text box or select it from the list box. Depending on which operator you chose you can also use the following wildcard characters in this text box:
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To execute the defined search click Find 
to the right. The results of the search will be displayed in the lower half of the right console pane in the form of a list, which displays the icon and the location of the object found.
For example, the result for administrators lists all administrators found directly under the Administrators node and under the groups to which they are assigned. The result of a search for specific devices lists all devices found at their location within their groups and within their actual location in the topology, for example, the device group hierarchy: Device Groups/Bridge/KirkDevice Groups/Bridge/OhuraDevice Groups/Engine/ScottyDevice Groups/Commanders/Kirk
and the topology hierarchy: Topology/Enterprise/BridgeRelay1/Kirk Topology/Enterprise/EngineRelay1/Scotty Topology/Enterprise/BridgeRelay1/Kirk/Ohura
If no objects can be found for the defined criteria the value No Result will be displayed next to the button. If an error occurred during the search the message Search Failed will be displayed next to the Find button.
The following further operations are available for a device found by the search:
- Find node
- View Node
- Remote control