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Search Techniques on the Cross Provisioning Platform Inventory Page

 

In releases earlier than Cross Provisioning Platform Release 15.1R1, if you entered search criteria in the Search field on an inventory page, the matching entry in the Name column only is displayed.

With Cross Provisioning Platform Release 15.1R1, you can perform the following types of search on all the columns on an inventory page:

  • Column search by using a string—In the Search field located at the top right of an inventory page, you can directly specify the search syntax in the form of a string. All columns that match the specified string are displayed.

    For example, on the Service Orders inventory page, if you specify the search syntax as VPLS, all columns that include VPLS are listed in the search results.

  • Column search using the keywords—In the Search field located at the top right of an inventory page, you can narrow down the search by using keywords and query expressions. The column that matches the search criteria is displayed.

    For example, on the Service Orders inventory page, if you specify the search syntax along with the column name, name:VPLS, only the Name column that includes the string VPLS is listed in the search results.

    Note

    The column names are represented in camel case. For example, the keyword for the Last Modified Date column is lastModifiedDate.

    A search syntax can include a column name and a query expression.

    Table 1 provides examples of query expressions that you can enter in the Search field.

    Table 1: Query Expressions in the Search Field

    Query Expression

    Matching Contents

    snmp

    snmp

    snmp OR ntp

    snmp or ntp

    snmp AND ntp

    snmp and ntp

    name:snmp

    snmp in the Name column

    name:snmp AND NOT externalId:snmp

    snmp in the Name column but not in the External ID column

    (snmp OR ntp) AND http

    http as well as snmp or ntp

    description:“http server”

    Exact phrase http server in the Description column

    description: “http server”~5

    http and server within five positions of one another in the Description column (that is, http and server need to have no more than five words between them)

    ge-*

    Terms that begin with ge-, such as ge-0/0/1 or ge-0/0/1.4

    s??p

    Terms such as smtp or snmp

    lastModified:[1/1/2012 TO 12/31/2012]

    Last modified column values between the dates January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012

    port:(80 8080 8888)

    80, 8080, or 8888 in the Port field

    IPAddress:10.1.1.1

    10.1.1.1 or 10.1.1.0/24 in the IPAddress field

    Note

    While specifying the keyword in the Search field, you can use the down arrow to view the search hint string.

    In the query expression, the following special characters must be suffixed with a backslash (\):

    + ~ && || ! ( ) { } [ ] ^ “ ~ * ? : \

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