Searching for data


Click the search icon Search_icon.png from the upper-right corner to view the search bar. Type the name of an application, device, entity, or metric to search for it, and click one of the categorized suggestions to view details. For example, if the result is an application, the KPIs, events, and devices associated with the application will be displayed. If the result is a device, the device details will be displayed.

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To search for applications, devices, entities, and metrics



Search options


To customize a search

You can use conditions and aggregation to customize your search expression.

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This search will result in a list of all 'CPU Percent Usage' metrics for entities where the metric value was higher than 90%; the search value (90) and maximum value for individual metrics are indicated by lines drawn on the chart.

Refer to the following sections to view details on using these options:

Using conditions

Search for metric values that match a specified condition across entities. For more information on the available conditions, see search conditions.

Info

A minimum of 24 hours of data is required for using conditional search.

For example, you can search for the 'CPU Utilization' metric across entities whose usage is 50% or more. A red colored dotted line (------) is drawn on the chart to indicate the specified value (50).

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Note

The unit of measure is automatically deduced based on the type of metric and does not need to be specified. The accepted units of measure are:#, %, secs, bytes, KiB, and GB.

Search conditions

You can use the following search conditions to search for metrics based on their value:


Using custom aggregation with conditions

An average aggregation function is applied by default to all conditional searches; a line is drawn at the average value for the time period. Specify custom aggregation functions (minimum, maximum, or average) to draw a line on the chart for the metric.

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For example, type CPU Percent Usage max > 70 to list all metrics named 'CPU Percent Usage' metric across your account. From the results returned, click the metric name to view the aggregation details in a chart.

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The aggregation function is set to max,and depicted using an orange colored solid line (____) on the chart at the maximum value for the metric parallel to the red colored dotted line (------) for the value entered (70%). The visual representation lets you view the values between 70% and the maximum value for the last four hours (four hours is the default time range, if a temporal expression is not specified).

The following aggregation functions are supported:

 

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