Viewing a Configuration Search report

The Configuration Search report allows users to search a set of device configurations for a specific line or pattern. Searching multiple historical configurations for the specific line or pattern is helpful when analyzing a specific type of configuration change (for example, interface attribute, access-list) over a time period.

To generate a Configuration Search report

1. Open the Configuration Search report wizard page by navigating to Reports > Search Reports > Configuration Search.

2. Enter the following information in the displayed fields:

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3. Click Generate to begin the report generation and to display its progress on the Report Activity page.
   
   
4. Click Refresh until the report is completed, or wait until you receive the notification email. If the report is aborted, the Progress column indicates so, to alert you that the report data is partial. You can view the partial report, but be aware it is partial. You should refine your selections (if you asked for too-large a report) or re-generate the report (if it was aborted due to a system shutdown) in order to obtain a complete report. Then delete the aborted report as soon as possible. For more information about the Report Activity page, see Viewing-report-activity.

5. Click the Configuration Search link in the Report column to display the report.
   
   Verify the report is complete. If the report was aborted, the title and the Report Generation information in the footer informs you so, and the footer informs you about the user who aborted it. An aborted report will be missing one or more devices and configurations.
   
   The following Configuration Search report page shows a summary of device configurations matching the search criteria (Domain: Entire Configuration):
   

   The following Configuration Search report page shows a summary of device configurations matching the search criteria (Domain: Selected Blocks), showing the block headers for context, in green:
   

6. (Optional): Perform one of the following tasks by using the menu options that are available on the Configuration Search report page:
   
   

   Menu option	Description
   Refine	Return to the wizard to change report parameters and generate a new version of the report.
   Export	Export the report to one of the following formats: CSV Note: The Include All Details option is not available for this format. HTML PDF RTF
   Email	Email the report to one or more recipients in one of the export formats.
   Back	Return to the Report Activity page.

7. Select any  icon to display the Configuration Search Details report to show the matched lines in context.