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Run a New Administration Search

To define a new administration search

1. Log on to the Administration console using an account that has the 'Admin: Allow administration searches' administrative privilege.
2. To create a new administration search, choose Tools, Administration Search.

   To edit an existing search, expand the Searches branch in the left-hand pane. Right-click the search you want and choose Edit.

3. Fill in the fields in the Administration Search dialog:

   CMS

   If your Console is linked to multiple CMSs, choose the CMS whose database you want to search.

   Look For

   Choose which items you want to look for: Machines, User Groups or Users.

   View

   (Only available for machine searches) The view determines which data is returned by a database query. In effect, it determines which columns are shown in the right-hand pane. Choose a Generic or Diagnostics view:

   • Use a Generic View to return basic machine details. These include the machine role (for example, a client machine or gateway), its policy versions, its parent server, the number of children (child machines parented to the current server) and the CA DataMinder software version.
   • Use a Diagnostics View to include various status columns, in addition to the usual machine details. For example, these details indicate the connection status, replication status (including missed checkpoints), and whether a machine needs resynchronizing. You use this data to identify machines that which require your attention.

   Filters

   Define your search using the available search filters. These are shown on tabs below. For example, if looking for users you can search by user group or last logon date.

   Note: All search fields that require text input support automatic and manual wildcards.

4. As you define your search filters, CA DataMinder generates a SQL search expression. If you have the 'Events: Allow unrestricted SQL searches' administrative privilege, you can click the SQL tab to edit this expression directly.

   Note: If you write your own search expression, refer to the SQL requirements. Also, the handling for wildcards and other special characters, plus the requirements when specifying user or group names, are the same as for event searches.

5. Save the search definition.

   Saved searches are listed under the Custom Searches folder in the Administration console.

6. Click Search Now to run the search. Or choose Search > Search Now.

   Items matching the search criteria are shown in the Search tab.

More information:

Wildcards

Backslashes

Searching by User Name

Searching by User Group

SQL Search Expressions