Search tab
This topic provides the following information about the Search tab.
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Why search?
You can use the Search tab to perform the following functions:
- Analyze the data that you indexed to find out the root cause of an issue.
- View your search results in a chart to see a summary or identify trends.
- Perform an in-depth study of the data to learn more about it.
How to search?
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:
- One or more words, phrases, or name=value pairs, or some combination of the three.
- Fields and tags that you can add from the Filter Pane on the left side of your screen.
The Filter Pane is not available on the initial Search landing page; you can see it after an initial search is completed. - A pipe (|) separated list of search commands to analyze your data in various ways (for example, limit or broaden your search; group, order, or filter data; perform statistical calculations; and see tabular or graphical outputs)
For more information, see Search-string-syntax.
Quick access items on the Search tab
The Search tab provides you quick access to the following items displayed in four quadrants:
Data Collectors | Data indexed over last week |
|---|---|
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. |
Actions available on the Search tab
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