Search for Objects

You can use global search from anywhere in the GUI to find objects of interest. The global-search object types include volumes, volume collections, pools, arrays, initiator groups, CHAP accounts, users, protection templates, performance policies, and replication partners. Object types are sometimes called object sets.

Search for users by entering some or all of their user name or their full name. The user name is sometimes called the account name or the login name. Search for other global-search object types by entering some or all of their name.

Start typing characters in the Search by Name field in the top right corner of the dashboard.
The system filters objects that have the specified characters in their name and that are appropriate for your permission level. The search results are grouped by object type and displayed in alphabetic order within each object type. The query string is highlighted in the object name.
NOTE: As you type more characters in the Search by Name field, the search results typically decrease because fewer objects match the search query. If you make a typing error, you might see a message that there are No items to show. Press the backspace key on your keyboard to remove the last characters you typed, or click the x to the right of the text entry field to remove all characters so that you can start over.
Select an object name in the list of search results, or click View Details, View All, or View All Arrays at the bottom of a category of search results.
- Select an object name to open the detail page for that object so that you can view details about the object or edit the object in some way.
- Click View Details to open the object-type summary page with only objects that match the search query visible. This link appears when two, three, or four objects of the object type match the search query.
- Click View All to open the object-type summary page with only objects that match the search query visible. This link appears when five or more objects of that object type match the search query.
  When you click either of the View links, you can select whichever object name is of interest on the filtered list page to open the detail page for that object.
- Click View All Arrays in a multi-array group to open the array management page with all arrays in the group visible. The list on the array management page is not filtered to match the search query.