Search string syntax

Use the search string syntax that is explained in the following sections to find specific entities such as systems in the TrueSight console.

The search string is not case sensitive and can contain single terms (including wildcards) and phrases (delimited by double quotes), and can optionally be combined by using boolean operators. 

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The following table lists advanced field options that allow you to search for unique IDs; this can be useful if you already know the specific ID of the object you are looking for.

The following table lists advanced field options that allow you to specify numerical ranges; this can be useful to search for systems based on their hardware characteristics.

The fields disksize, ldisksize, and totalmem are expressed in bytes; you can append a letter to numerical values to specify a different unit: K (kilobyte), M (megabyte), G (gigabyte), T (terabyte), P (petabyte).

Escaping special characters

If you need to use special characters as part of the search string, they must be properly escaped using the \ character. For example, to search for a system called "Database (2)", you must escape the string as follows:

Database \(2\)

Special characters that need to be escaped are:

+ - && \|\| \! ( ) { } \[ \] ^ " ~ * ? : \ 

 

 

Tip: For faster searching, add an asterisk to the end of your partial query. Example: cert*