Filter Objects

Several summary pages in the GUI provide filter fields and search capability so that you can find specific objects you need quickly. Over time, arrays can accumulate a large number of volumes, snapshots, events, and audit log entries. To make it easier to find specific objects of interest, you can filter the objects that appear.

NOTE: The filtering capability described here is sometimes called faceted browsing, faceted searching, or faceted navigation.
  1. Open the summary page of interest.
    For example, choose Manage > Data Protection to open the Volumes Collections summary page. Or click Events to open the Events summary page.
  2. In the bottom left corner of the summary page, check to see how many objects exist.
    The legend identifies that the page is Displaying 1 - N of X, where N is the number of objects on the current page and X is the total number of objects of the selected type. If all objects fit on a single page, then N and X are the same value. If you resize the window, then the value of N changes, but X stays the same.
  3. (Optional) If the filter fields do not appear, you can expand them with the plus and minus signs (+, -).
  4. In the filter fields to the left of the summary list, select filter criteria in appropriate fields for the object type.
    Or, if you know any part of the object name or activity type, start typing characters in the Search by Description field. A Search field is not available for all object types. For example, the Events summary page has filter fields, but no search capability.
  5. If the filtered results are not what you expect to see, clear the previously selected filter criteria and specify new criteria.
  6. (Optional) From the filtered list of objects on the summary page, click an object name to open the corresponding detail page.