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The feature Browse objects allows searching for CMDB resources that meet the specific criteria. Use Visual Mode to search for objects using the list view builder. |
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Click Browse Objects on the left. Select Visual Mode.
When starting a new search, you have two sections to work with: 1) Filter Criteria and 2) Columns to Display.
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Set Up Filter Criteria
Click +ADD FILTER to add a new filter criteria.
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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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equals | Use for an exact match |
not equal | Use for an exact match with a certain value excluded |
greater than | Use when you want results that exceed the value you enter |
greater or equal | Use for results that match or exceed the value you enter |
less than | Use for results that are less than the value you enter |
less or equal | Use for results that match or are less than the value you entered |
contains | Use for fields that include your search string |
not contains | Use to eliminate records that don’t contain the value you enter |
like | Use to locate records that include the exact value you enter or type % to include a certain part of the value entered, e.g. `Account`.`Account Name` like test will search for all account names containing test |
not like | Use to locate records that exclude the exact value you enter or type % to exclude a certain part of the value entered, e.g. `Instance Name or ID` not like %environ% will search for all instance names and IDs, except the ones containing -environ- |
starts with | Use for results that start with a certain value |
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Pay attention to the check box Invert group: if checked, it inputs a negation to the meaning of all filters in the group. |
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’ 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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Set Up Columns To Display
You can manage the columns which will be displayed in the list. Click +ADD COLUMN to add columns.
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