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The feature Browse objects allows searching for CMDB resources that meet the specific criteria. Enable Visual Mode to search for objects using the list view builder. |
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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 |
Grouping Filters
You can combine several conditions within one Click +ADD FILTERS GROUP to create a 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 Create group with this condition to create a new group of filters and move based on a selected filter into it. Such a grouping allows you to add a new condition as well.
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Click Extract from group 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':
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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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