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The feature Browse objects allows searching for CMDB resources that meet the specific criteria. Use Enable Visual Mode to search for objects using the list view builder.

Table of Contents

Start

Select the resource type in CMDB Navigator to open a list view (e.g. AWS Accounts):

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Note

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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Select 'JSON field' type to filter the fields containing JSON data, pick the one under question and click Apply. You can also use JSONPath expressions in the box 'Field JSON Path' to focus your search.

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Select one field (ex.1) or several ones (ex.2) for the search to refer to. JSON data will be parsed and shown in several columns below.

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Note

JSONPath expressions start with $ and can contain the dot- (a) or the bracket-notation (b) for input paths:

a) $.Fieldname[0].Fieldname

b) $["fieldname"]["fieldname"][0]["fieldname"] - where [0] is the number of an element in the array.


The element number can be replaced by the wildcard symbol * to refer to all elements: $[“Fieldname with whitespaces”][*]


Logical Operators

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

Grouping Filters


You can combine several conditions within one group of filters. Select the condition operator AND (all of conditions are true) or OR (any of conditions are true):

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Click the 'label' icon to change a column name (in a resulting list view):

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Select the sorting order for assets in a column: ASC for ascending or DESC for descending.

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