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You can search for various actions, objects, and information topics in System Manager. You can also search table data for specific entries.
System Manager provides two types of searching:
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When you enter a search argument in the field at the top of each page, System Manager searches throughout the interface to find matches. You can then sort and filter the results.
Beginning with ONTAP 9.12.1, System Manager also provides search results from the NetApp Support Site to provide links to relevant support information.
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Beginning with ONTAP 9.8, when you enter a search argument in the field at the top of a table grid, System Manager searches only the columns and rows of that table to find matches.
Global searching
At the top of each page in System Manager, you can use a global search field to search various objects and actions in the interface. For example, you can search for different objects by name, pages available in the navigator column (on the left side), various action items, like "Add Volume" or "Add License", and links to external help topics. You can also filter and sort the results.
For better results, perform searching, filtering, and sorting one minute after logging in and five minutes after creating, modifying, or deleting an object. |
Getting search results
The search is not case-sensitive. You can enter a variety of text strings to find the page, actions, or information topics you need. Up to 20 results are listed. If more results are found, you can click Show more to view all results. The following examples describe typical searches:
Type of search |
Sample search string |
Sample search results |
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By object name |
vol_ |
vol_lun_dest on storage VM: svm0 (Volume) |
By location in interface |
volume |
Add Volume (Action) |
By actions |
add |
Add Volume (Action) |
By help content |
san |
Storage – Overview (Page) |
Global search results from NetApp Support Site
Beginning with ONTAP 9.12.1, for users who are registered with Active IQ, System Manager displays another column of results that provide links to NetApp Support Site information, including System Manager product information.
Search results contain the following information:
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Title of the information which is a link to the document in HTML, PDF, EPUB, or other format.
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Content type, which identifies whether it is a product documentation topic, a KnowledgeBase article, or another type of information.
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Summary description of the content.
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Created date when it was first published.
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Updated date when it was last updated.
You can perform the following actions:
Action |
Result |
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Click ONTAP System Manager, then enter text in the search field. |
The search results include NetApp Support Site information about System Manager. |
Click All products, then enter text in the search field. |
The search results include NetApp Support Site information for all NetApp products, not only for System Manager. |
Click a search result. |
The information from the NetApp Support Site is displayed in a separate browser window or tab. |
Click See more results. |
If there are more than ten results, you can click See more results after the tenth result to view more results. Each time you click See more results, another ten results are displayed, if available. |
Copy the link. |
The link is copied to the clipboard. You can paste the link in a file or in a browser window. |
Click . |
The panel where the results are displayed is pinned so it remains displayed when you work in another panel. |
Click . |
The results panel is no longer pinned and is closed. |
Filtering search results
You can narrow the results with filters, as shown in the following examples:
Filter |
Syntax |
Sample search string |
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By object type |
<type>:<objectName> |
volume:vol_2 |
By object size |
<type><size-symbol><number><units> |
luns<500mb |
By broken disks |
“broken disk” or “unhealthy disk” |
unhealthy disk |
By network interface |
<IP address> |
172.22.108.21 |
Sorting search results
When you view all the search results, they are sorted alphabetically. You can sort the results by clicking and selecting how you want to sort the results.
Table-grid searching
Beginning with ONTAP 9.8, whenever System Manager displays information in a table-grid format, a search button appears at the top of the table.
When you click Search, a text field appears in which you can enter a search argument. System Manager searches the entire table and displays only the rows that contain text that matches your search argument.
You can use an asterisk ( * ) as a "wildcard" character as a substitute for characters. For example, searching for vol*
might provide rows that contain the following:
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vol_122_D9
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vol_lun_dest1
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vol2866
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volspec1
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volum_dest_765
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volume
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volume_new4
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volume9987