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Managing Searches, Reports, and Dashboards

You can manage searches, reports and dashboards in the iConsole. You can only manage searches, reports, or dashboards globally if you have the 'Admin: Manage iConsole' administrative privilege.

Specifically, you can:

• Install a new search: You can install a completely new search based on your own customized XML search definition file. This is the most flexible method. When published, the new search is available to all users.
• Customize a Search: Any iConsole user can customize a search (no administrative privilege is needed), but the new search is only available to that user.
• Derive a new search: A derived search is similar to a customized search but unlike normal customized searches, it can be published and made available to users. It is also possible to edit the XML definition file of a derived search.
• Export a search: You can export a search definition as XML, modify properties, and re-install it. This way you can customize properties that you cannot edit directly in the iConsole.
• Test a search: Before you make a new search available to your users, you need to validate its definition file against the corresponding stored procedure in the CMS database.
• Publish or unpublish a search: To make a new search available to all other iConsole users, you need to publish it. Likewise, to remove a search so it is no longer available, you must unpublish it.

More information:

How to Install a New Search

Derive a New Search

Export a Search as XML

Test a search

Publish or Unpublish a Search

Stored procedure (SP) files

Search definition (XML) files

Customize a Search