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The feature |
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Browse objects |
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allows searching for CMDB resources that meet the specific criteria. |
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Select the resource in CMDB Navigator to open a list view (e.g. AWS Accounts):
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Click Browse Objects on the left. Use Visual Mode to search for objects using the list view builder. Starting When starting a new search, you have two sections to work with: 1) Filter Criteria and 2) Columns to Display.
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1. Setting Up Filters
Click ''+Add filter'' +ADD FILTER to add a new filter criteria. A filter criteria consists of a field name, a logical operator and a value. You can select a field name from the drop-down list or type the name in the search bar:
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Some fields have a list of related fields to drill down into (use > to select a related field): |
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Click 'home' sign to go back to the general list of fields.
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Example: Here we refer to AWS Account which is a master object for AWS EC2 Instance, and retrieve its related field 'Account Name'. Setting up a certain value or criteria, we can narrow the search scope, i.e. AWS accounts containing 'test' in their names will be excluded. Having added the field 'State Name' along with the operator ‘equals’ 'equals and the value set up as 'running', we managed the search to display all running instances only.
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Select 'Standard' to see the list of all fields, except JSON fields.
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Select 'JSON ‘JSON field' type to filter the fields containing JSON data, pick the one under question and click “Apply’’Apply. You can also use JSONPath expressions in the box ‘Field 'Field JSON Path’ Path' to focus your search.
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You can combine several conditions within one group of filters. Click AND to select the condition operator (AND or OR):
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Click the ''Move to group'' button to create a group of filters and move a selected filter into it. Such a grouping allows you to add a new condition as well.
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Click the ''Extract from group'' button to exclude a filter from the group of filters under question, reverting '' Move to group '' action:
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Using groups of filters and condition operators AND/OR, you can set up complex conditions in "the section 'Filter Criteria" section':
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Pay attention to the check box “Negation "Negation condition”: if checked, it inputs a negation to the meaning of all filters in the group. |
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Example: In this example we initiate a search for all instances that are present in AWS and running, but we also want to exclude the instances containing ‘test’ and ‘dev’ ‘test’ and ‘dev’ in their names. Instead of looking for appropriate operators with a negative value for each filter criteria, we simply group the required filters and apply negation to the whole filter group.
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You can manage the columns which will be displayed in the list. Click "+Add column" ADD COLUMN to add columns. Click the 'label' icon to change a column name if necessary:
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