Search Function and Search Dockable

Overview

The Search function allows you to define a search over all the data items known to the Active Console.

The search function can be accessed:

On the Tools menu.
By pressing CTRL + F.
By clicking Search on the menu bar.

Basic search

The Basic search option provides pre-configured settings that need to be enabled and selected to match the desired data items.

There are the fields and options that you can modify:

Field	Description
Search for	Type of data item you are searching. Example value: Gateway, Directory, Probe, Entity, Sampler, Dataview, Cell, Headline
With name	Use special characters, such as asterisk (*) and question mark (?) for wildcards.
With severity	Specifies the severity. Example value: Critical, Warning, OK, Undefined
With state	Includes the User assigned, Snoozed, and Active options.
Assigned to	Search for any data item per assignee. This only works if: There is an assignee to the data item you are looking for. The User assigned is set to Yes. the keyword exactly matches the assginee's name which is case-sensitive.
With entity attributes	Specify the entity attributes you set in the workspace settings.

Target destination of the search

By default, search results display on their corresponding tabs in the Search Results dockable.

The results are displayed in a form of a list view. Using the target settings at the bottom of the search dialog, you can also send the results to:

A new tab in the search view dockable.
A new list view dockable, and therefore create a new tab.
An existing list view dockable, at which point you are able to select the tab to place the results in, which can be a new tab.

For more information, see Configure output of the query in Reporting Tool.

Advanced search

The Advanced search allows you to search for any data items by specifying a path.

To perform an advance search, follow these steps:

Go to Search > Advanced.
Click Add.
Click the row to enter the actual path of the data item.
Alternatively, click the row and click the ellipsis button to edit the path.
Click Search.

Example of a path used in the Advanced search:

/geneos/gateway/directory/probe/managedEntity/sampler/dataview/rows/row

Quick search

The Quick search or Find search items field allows you to find a data item by its name.

This function displays exactly the keyword you are searching for. The results are also displayed on the Search Results tab in the Search Results dockable.