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Save a Search

To make your search available for future reference, use the Save Search option. The Search link in the Saved Investigations pane lets you view the saved searches.

Follow these steps:

  1. Identify data based on an existing search.
  2. Click the Save icon (SaveIcon) in the toolbar, and click Save Search.

    The Save Search dialog opens.

  3. Enter a name and (optional) description for the search.

    Note: The name field provides a suggestion drop-down of all the existing searches that you have created. You can select one of the names from the list to overwrite that search, or you can provide a new name.

  4. Personalize the search based on the preferences available in the dialog, such as Private, Public, and (optional) Favorite.

    Note: All users can view the Public searches, but only the author of the query can delete it.

  5. Click Save.

    The search is saved. To view the saved search, in the Saved Investigations pane, and click Searches.

Note: If you have customized the tabular view in the Investigator after running a search, the customization is also saved with the search. When you run such a search, the Investigator displays the customized view. The Layout drop-down list lets you change the view. To view data without customization, select Current Layout from the drop-down list.

If you search for data after performing a navigation action, the search occurs on the data that the navigation action retrieved. The search panel header identifies the data.

Example:

As a system administrator, you are reviewing all user account data. To see the roles of a specific user, select that user from the Data pane, and click Show Roles in the Actions pane. The Data pane displays the roles for the selected user and the header indicates the same.

If you search for a specific role, the Data pane displays roles that are based on your search criteria. If you click the X icon after filtering the roles, the Data pane displays roles for all users that match the search criteria. If you click the X icon without searching anything, the Data pane displays roles for all the users.