Overview of the SL1 User Interface

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SL1 offers you the capabilities to monitor your hybrid cloud infrastructure, improve service visibility, and automate your IT workflows. This section is intended for new users of SL1, and it covers features in both the new user interface that was released with version 8.12.0 of SL1 as well as the "classic " user interface of SL1 that was available before version 8.12.0.

Please note that the new user interface provides access to both new and "classic" user interface features.

The following video provides an overview of the SL1 user interface:

Use the following menu options to navigate the SL1 user interface:

  • To view a pop-out list of menu options, click the menu icon ().
  • To view a page containing all of the menu options, click the Advanced menu icon ().

Prerequisites

This manual assumes that the initial installation and configuration (deployment) of SL1 version 8.12.0 or later has been completed. For details on the initial configuration of SL1, see the Installation section.

Logging In and Out of the SL1 User Interface

This topic covers how to access the different user interfaces for SL1: the "new" SL1 user interface and the "classic" user interface.

Starting with SL1 version 11.1.0, the SL1 user interface is the default user interface, not the classic. 

If your 11.1.0 or later SL1 system was installed using an ISO, the SL1 user interface is set as the default, but if your SL1 system was upgraded with a patch, the classic user interface will still be set as the default user interface. To change the default user interface (UI), edit the New UI Default option on to the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior).

The SL1 User Interface

Starting with SL1 version 11.1.0, you no longer need to type /ap2 at the end of the URL or IP address, such as https://sl1.sciencelogic.com/ap2, to get to the SL1 user interface. The /ap2 is added to the IP address by default.

To log in to the SL1 user interface:

  1. In a browser, type the URL or IP address for your SL1 system. The login page for SL1 appears.
  2. Type the current user name and password you use with SL1 and click Log In. The SL1 login button displays a spinning status icon while you are being logged in.
  3. If your company uses Single Sign-On (SSO) for authentication, you will be redirected to your company's SSO page, where you can log in to SL1 with your SSO credentials. When you log out, the logout screen redirects you to an SSO page instead of the typical login screen.
  4. If you are logging in for the first time, you will be prompted to change your password. Type your username, your old password, and type your new password twice in the New Password and Confirm Password fields. Click Reset Password.
  5. If your SL1 system is a Military Unique Deployment (MUD) system, a Disclaimer modal appears, and you will need to click OK after reading the text to use SL1.
  6. For an Administrator user, the End User License Agreement (EULA) appears the first time the Administrator user logs in to SL1. The user must agree to the terms before using SL1.

If you can still see the horizontal NavBar or other features of the classic user interface in the SL1 user interface, click Refresh in your browser.

A number of classic user interface pages exist within a frame in the new SL1 user interface, and these pages have the same appearance and functionality in both user interfaces. These pages will eventually be integrated into the SL1 user interface, and the corresponding GraphQL APIs for those feature are not yet available. If you navigated to a classic (framed) page in the SL1 user interface by typing /em7 in the URL to go to the classic user interface, the top navigation might be missing from the classic user interface. To address this issue, navigate back to the new user interface, log out, and then log in to the classic user interface.

To log out of the SL1 user interface:

  1. Click your user name in the navigation bar at the top of any SL1 page.
  2. Click Log off. You are logged out, and a logoff page appears with the option to log in again.

The Classic User Interface

To log in to the classic user interface for SL1:

  1. In a browser, type the URL or IP address for your SL1 system, followed by /em7. The login page for the classic user interface appears.

  2. Type the current user name and password you use with SL1 and click Log In.

    You can log out of the classic user interface by typing /em7/logout.em7 at the end of the URL or IP address.

  3. To switch to the SL1 user interface while you are using the classic user interface, type / at the end of the URL or IP address for your SL1 system and press Enter. The login page of the SL1 user interface appears.

  4. To switch to the classic user interface while you are using the SL1 user interface, type /em7 at the end of the URL or IP address for your SL1 system and press Enter. The login page for the classic user interface appears.

  5. To make the classic user interface the default interface, go to the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior) and unselect the New UI Default option.

If you need to run both the classic and SL1 user interfaces simultaneously, you can open the classic and the SL1 version in two different browsers, or you can open private or incognito browser windows and then log in to the two user interfaces.

Using the Navigation Menus

The SL1 user interface includes content from both the "new" user interface (also called "ap2") and the "classic" user interface (also called "em7"). This unified user interface provides a more streamlined method of navigation that uses two menus: a basic menu and an Advanced menu.

The name of the SL1 page appears in the title bar of your browser, and the page title also appears in your browsing history to help you navigate through the pages you have visited.

Use the following menu options to navigate the SL1 user interface:

  • To view a pop-out list of menu options for the basic menu, click the menu icon () at the top left of any SL1 page. Use the up and down arrow buttons () to expand and contract the menu options.
  • To view the Advanced Menu page, which contains links to all of the menu options, click the Advanced menu icon () at the bottom left of any SL1 page. Use Ctrl+F in your browser to quickly find a page.

The basic menu and the Advanced menu displays links for only the pages for which you have access.

The Setup and Config Page

The Setup and Config page () displays all information relevant to getting started in SL1 for administrator-level users. Included on this page are a number of intuitive self-service workflows that will guide you through the most common SL1 system tasks. You can access this page through left-hand navigation menu in SL1.

This page is designed with informational cards that provide you with the proper resources for SL1 setup and configuration.

Image of the Setup and Config page

The page's informational cards include:

  • Get Started. Displays a list of available user journeys and their journey status.
  • Resources. Hosts additional external resources to help you with setup and configuration; these links include:
  • Training Portal
  • ScienceLogic Support
  • Overview. Provides links to two user journeys. These journeys include guided tours and interactive wizards that help you set up and refine your SL1 environment:
  • Take a Tour of SL1
  • Discover and Monitor Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure
  • Next Steps. Contains links to other pages in SL1 where you can continue working after completing some or all of a journey:
  • Manage Devices
  • Manage Collector Groups
  • Manage Organizations
  • Manage Users
  • Manage Access Hooks

Setting a Landing Page in SL1

The Events page is the default landing page that first appears when you first launch SL1. Starting with version 11.3.0 of SL1, you can set any of the top-level pages that display in the left-hand navigation bar as your landing page, including Dashboards, Events, Devices, Business Services, Maps, Machine Learning, and Setup and Config. You can also set a specific dashboard from the Dashboards page as your landing page. If you lose permission to the page or dashboard you set as your landing page, the Events page is automatically set as your landing page.

You cannot use any pages that display in the navigation bar below these pages as a landing page. This feature does not work with classic dashboards.

To set your landing page:

  1. In SL1, navigate to the page or the SL1 dashboard that you want to set as your landing page.

  2. Click your user name in the navigation bar at the top of the page and select Set Landing Page. That page or dashboard will be your landing page the next time you launch SL1.

    If the page you are currently on cannot be used as a landing page, the Set Landing Page option will be grayed out.

Filtering Inventory Pages

In SL1, an inventory page is any page (or tab) that contains a table with a list of items that you work with, like the Events page or the Devices page. At the top of most inventory pages in the SL1 user interface are a set of filters for the columns in the table on that page.

On an inventory page, you can start typing filter text or select filter options in one or more of these filters to narrow down the items in the list to just the items you want to view.

In the following image, the user is filtering the Devices inventory page by typing part of an IP address in the filter for the IP Address column:

The Devices inventory page with the IP address filter filled in with "10.2.23.4"

As you type text in the Filter field at the top of a column, SL1 starts to filter the list to include only those elements that include your search terms.

Some filters, like the State filter, let you click a drop-down arrow to select search options from a drop-down menu. Also, any filters related to date and time let you click a calendar icon () to select a date or a date range, and a clock icon (), where relevant, to select a time or a time range. 

If you were using a version of SL1 from before version 11.2.0, any list and column preferences you had configured will not be retained with the new features for inventory pages after you upgrade to 11.2.0 or later. This includes customizations such as which columns are visible, column widths, column order, and other customizations.

SL1 retains your search filters on pages in the SL1 user interface even after you refresh the browser or navigate to another page and then return to the page where you created your search.

On most inventory pages, you can use the Search field at the top of the inventory page to perform a Basic Search. For more information, see Using Basic Search. In addition, you can click the gear icon () and select Advanced to "translate" your basic search into an Advanced Search. For more information, see Performing an Advanced Search.

Filter Syntax

When searching for a string in the Filter field on an inventory page, SL1 matches sub-strings by default, even if you do not include any special characters. For example, searching for "hel" will match both "hello" and "helicopter".

When searching for a numeric value, SL1 will not match a sub-string unless you use a special character.

If you type invalid search terms or incorrect syntax in a filter on an updated inventory page, SL1 will highlight the headers in red. SL1 will ignore the incorrect input until you fix it.

You can use the following set of syntax and special characters to search and filter each column on an inventory page (except columns that display date and time):

String and Numeric

  • , (comma). Specifies an "OR" operation. Works for string and numeric values.

    For example: "dell, micro" matches all values that contain the string "dell" OR the string "micro".

  • & (ampersand). Specifies an "AND " operation. Works for string and numeric values.

    For example: "dell & micro" matches all values that contain both the string "dell" AND the string "micro", in any order.

  • ! (exclamation point). Specifies a "not" operation. Works for string and numeric values.

    For example: "!dell" matches all values that do not contain the string "dell".

You can also use the "!" character in combination with the arithmetical special characters (min-max, >, <, >=, <=, =) described below.

String

  • ^ (caret). For strings only. Specifies "match the beginning". Matches any string that begins with the specified string.

    For example: "^sci" matches "scientific" and "sciencelogic", but not "conscious".

  • $ (dollar sign). For strings only. Specifies "match the ending". Matches any string that ends with the specified string.

    For example: "ter$" matches the string "renter" but not the string "terrific".

Numeric

  • min-max. Matches numeric values only. Specifies any value between the minimum value and the maximum value, including the minimum and the maximum.

    For example: "1-5 "matches 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

  • - (dash). Matches numeric values only. A "half open" range. Specifies values including the minimum and greater or including the maximum and lesser.

    For example: "1-" matches 1 and greater. So matches 1, 2, 6, 345, etc. "-5" matches 5 and less. So matches 5, 3, 1, 0, etc.

  • > (greater than). Matches numeric values only. Specifies any value "greater than".

    For example: ">7" matches all values greater than 7.

  • < (less than). Matches numeric values only. Specifies any value "less than". For example:

"<12" matches all values less than 12.

  • >= (greater than or equal to). Matches numeric values only. Specifies any value "greater than or equal to".

    For example: "=>7" matches all values 7 and greater.

  • <= (less than or equal to). Matches numeric values only. Specifies any value "less than or equal to".

    For example: "=<12" matches all values 12 and less.

  • = (equal). Matches numeric values only. For numeric values, allows you to match a negative value.

    For example: "=-5 " matches "-5" instead of being evaluated as the "half open range" as described above.

Examples

  • "silo". Matches text that contains "silo".

  • " !silo ". Matches text that does not contain "silo".

  • "aio$". Matches only text that ends with "aio".

  • "^shu". Matches only text that begins with "shu".

  • "^silo$". Matches only the text "silo", with no characters before or after.

  • "!^silo". Matches only text that does not start with "silo".

  • "!fer$" matches all values that do not end with "fer".

  • "!0$". Matches only text that does not end with "0".

  • "!^silo$". Matches only text that is not the exact text "silo", with no characters before or after.

  • "!". Matches null values, typically represented as "--" in most pages.

  • "!^$". Matches all text that is not null.

  • silo, !aggr". Matches text that contains the characters "silo" and also text that does not contain "aggr".

  • "silo, 02, !aggr". Matches text that contains "silo" and also text that contains "02" and also text that does not contain "aggr".

  • "silo, 02, !aggr, !01". Matches text that contains "silo" and also text that contains "02" and also text that does not contain "aggr" and also text that does not contain "01".

  • "!vol&!silo". Matches text that does not contain "vol" AND also does not contain "silo". For example, "volume" matches, because it contains "vol" but not "silo".

  • "!vol&02". Matches text that does not contain "vol" AND also contains "02". For example, "happy02" matches, because it does not contain "vol' and it does contain "02".

  • "aggr,!vol&02". Matches text that contains "aggr" OR text that does not contain "vol" AND also contains "02".

  • "aggr,!vol&!infra". Matches text that contains "aggr" OR text that does not contain "vol" AND does not contain "infra".

  • "3,7-8,11,24,50". Matches numbers 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 11, 24, 50, and all numbers greater than 50.

  • "3,7-8,11,24,50,a". Matches numbers 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 11, 24, 50, and all numbers greater than 50, and text that includes "a".

  • "!^$" matches all values that are not null.

  • "!^" matches null values.

  • "!$" matches null values.

  • "1-5" matches 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

  • "1-" matches 1 and greater. So matches 1, 2, 6, 345, etc.

  • "-5" matches 5 and less. So matches 5, 3, 1, 0, etc.

  • "=-5 " matches "-5" instead of being evaluated as the "half open range" as described above.

  • "<7" matches 1,2,3,4,5,6

  • ">=3" matches anything greater than or equal to 3

Editing the Settings for an Inventory Page

On an inventory page, you can perform the following actions:

To change how often SL1 updates this page, click Auto Refresh and select a new timespan. You can also select Refresh Now to immediately update the page or select Pause to stop updating the page altogether.

Adjusting and Sorting Columns

You can adjust the columns on an inventory page in the following ways:

  • To rearrange the columns in the list, click and drag the column name to a new location.

  • To adjust the width of a column, click and drag the pipes (|) on either side of the column name.

  • To quickly sort a column in ascending or descending order, click the up arrow (ascending) or down arrow (descending) that appears when you hover over the column name.

  • To perform additional sorts and to hide or show columns, click the Menu icon () next to the column name and select an option from the drop-down menu. 

    Hover over the column name to see the Menu icon ().

    Your options include:  

    • Multi Sort. Creates multiple ascending or descending sorts, in order of importance. For more information, see Creating a Multi Sort.
    • Unsort. Clears the existing sort.
    • Sort by ASC. Sorts the column in ascending order: smallest to largest for numbers, or alphabetically for strings.
    • Sort by DESC. Sorts the column in descending order: largest to smallest for numbers, or reverse alphabetically for strings.
    • Hide. Removes that column from the inventory page.
    • Show columns. Opens the Find column menu, from which you can add hidden columns and hide columns as needed. You can also choose to show all columns, reset the columns to their default display settings, and clear any column filters on the inventory page. For more information, see Editing Column Preferences.

    If you use the check boxes to select one or more items in a list, the relevant buttons appear at the top of the page, above the column names.

Creating a Multi Sort

On an inventory page, if you open the Grid Settings menu and select Multi Sort, you can create multiple ascending or descending sorts, in order of importance:

  • Click Add Sort to add one or more sorts.
  • Click Clear Sort to clear all of the existing sorts. You can also click the delete icon () next to a sort to remove that specific sort from the list.
  • Click Apply Sort to run the sort and show the results on the list page.

The Multi Sort settings are cleared if you sort a column from the inventory page.

Editing Column Preferences

On an inventory page, if you open the Grid Settings menu and select Column Preferences, the Find column menu appears. On the menu, you can update the display settings for that inventory page:

  • Select a column from the menu to add a hidden column.
  • De-select a column from the menu to hide that column.
  • Click Show All to show all columns.
  • Column widths, order, sort, refresh interval, and other column attributes will persist after you adjust them. You can click Reset to return the columns to their default display settings.

From the Grid Settings menu, click Clear Filters to remove any column filters on that page.

Exporting to a CSV File

On an inventory page, if you open the Grid Settings menu and select Export (.csv), you can save the current list of items as a comma-separated list.

The list will include any column filters that you set up before clicking Export.

Viewing the Device Summary Modal from an Inventory Page

On the Events page and the Devices page, you can click the Expand icon () next to an event or device to open a new Device Summary modal:

The Device Summary window for a device

NOTE: On the Events page, the Device Summary modal displays only for events that are aligned with devices.

The detail window for that device contains the Tools pane, the Vitals graphs, and the Logs pane:

  • The Tools pane enables you to run a set of diagnostic tools or user-initiated actions in the Activity Center, or to click on custom links that will open in a separate browser window. Click the search bar to search for tools, actions, or custom links that are available for the device.
  • The Vitals pane displays graph data for the past four hours of CPU usage, memory usage, and latency for that device, where relevant. You can zoom in on a shorter time frame in the Vitals graph by clicking and dragging, and you can go back to the original time span by clicking the Reset zoom button.
  • The Logs pane displays a list of events associated with that device.

To open the detail or Investigator page for an item, click the link for the item name at the top of the detail window.

Using Basic Search

At the top of most lists in the SL1 user interface, the Search field lets you look for specific elements in that list. The Search field contains a magnifying glass icon (Image of the magnifying glass icon) next to the words "Type to search" or "Search".

As you type text in the Search field, SL1 filters the list to include only those elements that include your search terms. When searching, SL1 considers all relevant columns for the search, including those that are not currently displayed on the page.

SL1 retains your search criteria on pages in the SL1 user interface even after you refresh the browser or navigate to another page and then return to the search page using the Back button in the browser.

After you type search commands in the Search field, you can click the gear icon () and select Advanced to "translate" your basic search into an Advanced Search. For more information, see Performing an Advanced Search.

To use the Search field:

  1. Click the Search field and start typing search text. As you type, SL1 provides potential matching values in a drop-down menu and starts filtering the list with your search text.

    For example, if you start searching for "database" by typing data, a drop-down list appears with a list of columns that might contain that word, and the list is filtered by items that have "data" in one of their fields.

  1. If you select one of the suggested search criteria from the list, such as message, a criteria button displays under the Search field. You can click the criteria button and edit the search text under the button, if needed:

    The Message search criterion, with the "contains" option set to "data".

    If you select the ANY option from the drop-down menu, the search looks through all relevant columns for matches to your search text. If you select the ANY option for multiple search terms, this can cause issues with search queries, as every term has to be searched against every column in the database. SL1 uses different search criteria for an "ANY" search based on the page you are currently on in SL1. ScienceLogic recommends that you do not use Basic Search in these situations, and instead use the Advanced Search feature. For more information, see Fields Used by an "ANY" Basic Search.

    If you are unable to paste a copied string of text in the Search field, make sure that your copied text does not contain any hidden special characters.

  1. To edit the search criteria for your current search even further, click the criteria button and click the contains field. You can choose from additional search operators in the drop-down that appears, such as begins with, is null, equal to, and not equal to.

  2. You can add another set of search criteria to an existing search by typing additional text in the Search field, and then selecting additional fields from the drop-down list. The new search terms are added to a second criteria button:

    Two Smart Search criteria selected: the Message field (set to "data") and the Severity field (set to "major")

    The search criteria button under the Search field also displays the search operator and value for the search as hovertext.

  1. Alternately, you can click the menu icon () to the right of the Search field to open a menu containing related search criteria. Select an element from the list of criteria and type additional search information in the criteria button that appears under the Search field:

    The Name search criterion, with the "contains" option set to "sl1"

    If you select a date-related search criteria from the list of criteria, you can use a drop-down calendar to select a specific date and time.

  1. To remove a search criteria, click the close icon () on the criteria button under the Search field.
  1. To switch to an Advanced Search, click the gear icon () to the right of the Search field and select Advanced. For more information, see Advanced Search.
  2. To quickly clear a search, click the gear icon () to the right of the Search field and select Clear.
  3. To save a search so you can use it again, see Saving a Basic Search.

Fields Used by an "ANY" Basic Search

If you type search criteria into a Search field at the top of a page in SL1 and then select the ANY option from the drop-down menu, the search looks through all relevant columns for matches to your search text.

If you select the ANY option for multiple search terms, this can cause issues with search queries, as every term has to be searched against every column in the database. ScienceLogic recommends that you do not use Basic Search in these situations, and instead use the Advanced Search feature.

SL1 uses different search criteria for an "ANY" search, depending on the page you are currently on in SL1. For example, an "ANY" search on the Dashboards page searches for the search criteria in the Dashboard ID or Dashboard Name fields, while an "ANY" search on the Devices page searches for the search criteria in the Device Name, Hostname, Device Class, Collector Group, Organization, and additional fields. See the table below for details.

To see which fields SL1 is using for a search, click the gear icon () to the right of the Search field and select Advanced. The syntax of the Basic Search is converted into an Advanced Search, which lists the relevant fields being searched by SL1.

The following table lists the fields that are used by an "ANY" search, based on the page you are on in SL1:

Page in SL1 user interface Fields searched by SL1 for that page
Main Pages
Dashboards Dashboard ID, Dashboard Name
Events Event Message, Aligned Resource Name, Aligned Organization, Aligned Sub-entity Name, Device Name, Hostname, Device Class Logical Name, Device Class Description, Device Collector Group, Device Class, Device Group ID, Device Group Name, Device Class Category
Devices, Machine Learning, Device Services Device Name, Hostname, Device Class Logical Name, Device Class Description, Device Class, Device Group, Device Class Category Name, Collector Group ID, Collector Group Name, Aligned Organization, Machine Learning Policy
Business Services and IT Services Service Type, Service ID, Service Name, Service Label, Service Policy Name, Aligned Organization
Maps Map Name, Map Description
Secondary Pages
Agents Agent Nickname, Agent Operating System, Hostname
Business Service Templates Business Service Template Name, Business Service Template Descriptions
Credentials Credential Name
Custom Attributes Custom Attribute Label, Custom Attribute Name
Device Categories Device Category Name
Device Classes Device Class Name, Device Class Description, Virtual Type, Logical Name, Device Category Name
Discovery Sessions Discovery Session Name, Aligned Collector Name, Aligned Organization
Event Policies Event Policy Name
Subscription Usage (Current License Usage) License Type, Device Name, Aligned Organization, Device Class Category Name

 

If a page from the SL1 user interface is not listed in the above table, then SL1 only uses the relevant Name field on that page for an "ANY" search.

Saving a Search

If you are creating a complicated search using Basic Search or Advanced Search, or if you have a search that you use on a regular basis, you can save that search criteria so you can quickly use it again later.

To save a search:

  1. After you have created a Basic or Advanced Search, click the gear icon () to the right of the Search field and select Save. A Save Search window appears.

  2. In the Search Name field, type the name of your search and click Save. The search is added to the list of saved searches.

To use a saved search:

  1. Click the gear icon () to the right of the Search field and select Saved Searches. An Apply Search window appears.

  2. From the Select a search drop-down, select the search you want to use and click Apply. That search is applied to the current list.

By default, saved searches apply only to your user profile, and they are not shared with other users.

To share a saved search:

  1. Create a Basic Search and change it to an Advanced Search by clicking the gear icon () to the right of the Search field and selecting Advanced.

  2. Copy the Advanced Search code from the Search field and paste it into the relevant documentation so you can share the search with other users.

Performing an Advanced Search

The SL1 user interface includes an Advanced Search option that lets you use customized search commands to search for data. The syntax for these Advanced Searches can be much more complex than a Basic Search, enabling you to find exactly what you need from a list of items.

Also, because the Basic Search only uses "AND" for multiple search criteria, you need to use an Advanced Search for an "OR" search using multiple search criteria, or if you want to create more complicated searches using Boolean Algebra.

At a minimum, an Advanced Search requires the following components, in the following order:

  • A field. The general type of data for which you are searching, such as a device name or an event message.
  • An operator. A word or symbol that specifies the relationship between the field and the value, such as equals or less than.

  • A value. A specific aspect or version of the field, such as a name or an amount.  If a value is a string, it should be surrounded by "quotation marks" or 'apostrophes'.

As you type your Advanced Search, a red icon (Image of the Exclamation Mark icon) or a green icon (Image of the Green Exclamation Mark icon) appears at the end of the text field to show that your search is incorrectly or correctly formatted.

To view a list of all possible search commands in an Advanced Search, press Ctrl + Space.

The Advanced Search fields and values vary based on the page you are on in the SL1 user interface. For more information about fields, operators, and values, see Components of an Advanced Search.

Below are simple examples of Advanced Search syntax:

message contains 'risk is high'

organization has (company contains 'system')

attribute has (id = year and value = 2021)

name contains 'web_tier' and deviceClass has (description contains 'AppDynamics')

deviceClass has (description contains 'em7 admin portal')

For additional examples, including examples with more complex syntax, see Examples of Advanced Searches.

You can type search commands in the Search field for a Basic Search, and then click the gear icon () and select Advanced to "translate" your basic search into an Advanced Search. You cannot go from an Advanced Search back to a Basic Search, however, without losing your search criteria.

To create an Advanced Search:

  1. Click the gear icon () to the right of the Search field and select Advanced. The search type changes from Basic to Advanced (note the change in font style).

  1. Start typing a field name for your search. As you type, SL1 displays a list of available fields in a drop-down menu:

    The Advanced Search bar containing "me" with matching field options listed in a drop-down.

  2. Select or type a field name.

  3. To view a list of all possible search commands at any point in an Advanced Search, press Ctrl+Space. For example, the following operator options appear if you press Ctrl+Space after typing "message" and inserting a space:

    The Message field selected in Advanced Search with operator options listed in a drop-down.

  4. Select or type an operator name. If you are typing, SL1 provides a list of available options.

    Advanced Search with the "message" field selected and "con" typed with matching operator options listed in a drop-down.

    As you type your search command, a red icon (Image of the Exclamation Mark icon) appears at the end of the text field if your command is incorrectly formatted or incomplete. Click the red icon to view additional details.

  1. Type a value to complete your search, and type additional search commands as needed. When your search is complete and formatted correctly, a green icon (Image of the Green Exclamation Mark icon) appears at the end of the text field:

    An example of a complete Advanced Search, in this case "message contains 'preview'"

  1. Click the Search button. The results of your search appear.

    Even if you have correct search syntax, SL1 will save your search query only after you click Search. For example, some pages, such as a Device Service search, might not show all of the search results until you click Search.

  2. To clear a search, click the gear icon () to the right of the Search field and select Clear.
  3. You can save an Advanced Search to use later. By default, saved searches apply only to your user profile, and they are not shared with other users. For more information, see Saving a Search.

Components of an Advanced Search

At the minimum, an Advanced Search requires the following components, in the following order:

  • A field. The general type of data for which you are searching, such as a device name or event message.
  • An operator. A word or symbol that specifies the relationship between the field and the value, such as equals or less than.
  • A value. A specific aspect or version of the field, such as a name or an amount. You must use either "quotation marks" or 'apostrophes' for your search strings, and strings are not case-sensitive.

You can also include the operators "and" or "or" to your search command. Basic Search in SL1 uses only "AND" searches, unless you specify "Any" in your Basic Search.

When SL1 evaluates an Advanced Search command, it evaluates the "OR" expressions first, followed by the "AND" filters.

For example, the following search command looks for events that have a status of Critical and contain a message with the word "error":

status = critical and message contains 'error'

The following search command looks for devices with a name of "device-name" or messages containing the word "error":

name = "device-name" or message contains "error"

You can use parentheses ( ) to group expressions and to ensure that the expressions are evaluated in the correct order. The following search command looks for either devices with a name of "device-name" and a status of Critical, or devices with a name of "device-name" and a status of Major:

(name = "device-name" and status = critical) or (name = "device-name" and status = Major)

Searches in SL1 are not case-sensitive, so you can use any combination of upper-case and lower-case letters.

Fields

For most searches, you start your search command with a field name. When you start typing in an Advanced Search field, SL1 provides a list of potential fields in a drop-down menu that you can select for your search command:

The Advanced Search drop-down in the Devices page for fields that appear with "na" typed

The list of potential fields depends upon the page you are currently on in SL1. The example above is from the Advanced Search field on the Devices page. If you typed the same letters in the Advanced Search field on the Events page, the drop-down menu would look like this:

The Advanced Search drop-down on the Events page for fields that appear with "na" typed.

The following table lists some of the more common fields, along with how to use them and examples of search commands that use those fields:

Field name Purpose Example
alignedResourceName Search for the name of a device aligned with an event. alignedResourceName contains "lab"
asset Search for an asset aligned with a device. asset has (assetTag contains 1)
attribute Search for devices based on custom attributes. In the example, the custom attribute is "year" and the value is "2021". attribute has (id = year and value = 2021)
dateCreated Search for the date and time a device was created. dateCreated isNotNull
deviceClass Search for devices belonging to a device class. deviceClass has (class contains 'Cisco')
deviceGroup Search for devices belonging to a device group. deviceGroup has (name contains "Network")
hostname Search for a device hostname   device has (hostname = "srv")
id Search for the unique numeric ID assigned by SL1. id contains "10"
isAcknowledged Search for events that have or have not been acknowledged. isAcknowledged = true
message Search for details about an event message. message contains "problem"
name Search for the name of the device. name = "server"
organization Search for the organization to which the device is assigned. organization has (company = "System")

organization has (company doesNotContain 'ABC Systems')

severity Search for the severity of an event; severities range from 0 to 4, from Healthy to Critical.

severity in 3,4

Searches for all Major and Critical events.
state Search for the state of a device; states range from 0 to 4: Healthy, Notice, Minor, Major, and Critical.

state in 0,1,2

Searches for all devices with a state of Healthy, Notice, and Minor.

suppressGroup Hide data related to the specified group. suppressGroup = sciencelogic

Operators

For most searches, you follow a field with an operator. The operator establishes a relationship between the field and the value that comes after the operator.

The list of available operators changes based on the page where you are making your search.

The following table lists some of the more common operators, along with how to use them and examples of search commands that use those operators:

Operator name Purpose Example
and Include two or more search criteria before producing search results deviceClass has (description contains 'rds instance') and name contains 'wordpress'
or Include at least one of multiple search criteria. name = "server" or message contains "error"
=, ==, eq The field and the value are equal. name == 'ECS 23' and ip doesNotContain '.'
<>, !=, neq The field and the search value are not equal. field != abc
<, lt The field is less than the search value. state < 2
>, gt The field is greater than the search value. severity > 3
<=, lte The field is less than or equal to the search value. state lte 2
>=, gte The field is greater than or equal to the search value. severity gte 3
contains The field includes the specified string. deviceClass has (description contains 'em7 admin portal')
doesNotContain The field does not include the specified string. name contains 'SL1 Classic' or (description contains 'PowerFlow' and description doesNotContain 'Not Deployed') or (description contains 'Extended Architecture' and description doesNotContain 'Not Deployed')
has The field contains a specific value. The value following "has" must be enclosed in parentheses.

deviceClass has (deviceCategory has (name contains 'Server')) and deviceClass has (description doesNotContain 'vcenter')

in The field must be part of a specific set of values. severity in 2,3,4
not Opposite values; this operator precedes the field name. not field = abc
isNull The field is empty. extTicketRef isNull
isNotNull The field is not empty. counter isNotNull

Values

The value you type at the end of a search command depends on the field name and the operator you use. For most searches, you can type the value instead of picking it from the drop-down menu that lists possible search options.

In the following example, the first search value is a string (red text) and the second search value is a numeric value (blue text):

A complete Advanced Search field menu, displaying the text "name contains 'np' and ip beginsWith 192.168"

You must use either "quotation marks" or 'apostrophes' for search strings, and strings are not case-sensitive.

Strings

You can create a search command that searches for a specific set of words in a string. You must use either "quotation marks" or 'apostrophes' for your search strings, and strings are not case-sensitive.

The following table lists some of the more common string operators, along with how to use them and examples of search commands that use those string operators:

String operator name Purpose Example
beginsWith Search for strings beginning with a specified value message beginsWith "Host Resource"
endsWith Search for strings ending with a specified value message endsWith 'shutdown'
contains Search for strings containing a specified value message contains "problem"
doesNotBeginWith Search for strings that do not begin with a specified value message doesNotBeginWith "front"
doesNotEndWith Search for strings that do not end with a specified value message doesNotEndWith 'warning'
doesNotContain Search for strings that do not contain a specified value message doesNotContain "codec"

Escape characters

In double-quoted strings (strings surrounded by quotation marks), you can include quotation marks in the search by escaping the quotation marks. To escape those characters, add a backslash before each quotation mark, such as \".

For example:

"Error in \"process x\""

In single-quoted strings, you can include the single-quote character by escaping it with a backslash, such as \'.

For example:

'Eric\'s Laptop'

'Error in "process x"'

You do not need to add quotes around strings in your search commands. However, if your string contains only numbers, you might want to add quotes around it to ensure that SL1 interprets it as a string.

If you do not include quotes around strings in your search commands, you must escape the following characters with a backslash:

  • all empty spaces or white spaces
  • comma
  • end parenthesis

Examples:

Eric's\ Laptop

Error\ in\ "process\ x"

devices\ \(system\,\ server\)

Other than the escape characters mentioned above, you can escape any character. You must escape the backslash character if you want to use it in a string, such as \\.

The normal whitespace escape sequences can be used: \t (tab), \n (new line), \b (backspace), \r (carriage return), and \f (form feed).

You can also use four-digit Unicode hex escape codes in the form \uXXXX.

Examples of Advanced Searches

Because the search commands differ for each page in SL1, this section contains a set of search examples based on context.

To view a list of all possible search commands at any point in an Advanced Search, press Ctrl+Space.

Advanced Search Examples on the Devices Page

When you run a search in the SL1 user interface, SL1 exposes how the data is stored, which is not always obvious in how this translates to Basic and Advanced searches.

For example, if you have the following device on the Device Manager page in the classic user interface:

A device in a classic Device Manager page with the following attributes: 172.22.101.171 name and IP address, Servers category, Cisco class, and UCS Manager sub-class

You would use the following Basic and Advanced searches to find the following device data:

Classic User Interface Field Basic Search Selections Advanced Search Syntax
Device Category

The DeviceCategory.name search criterion with the "contains" field set to "servers"

deviceClass has (deviceCategory has (name contains 'servers'))
Device Class

The DeviceClass.logicalName search criterion with the "contains" field set to "cisco systems"

deviceClass has (logicalName contains 'cisco systems')
Sub-class

The SubClass search criterion with the "contains" field set to "ucs manager"

deviceClass has (description contains 'ucs manager')

The following table contains additional examples of Advanced Searches for the Devices page:

Purpose of Advanced Search on Devices Page Advanced Search Syntax
Search for all devices with a Device ID of 1, 2, or 3. id in 1,2,3
Search for all devices with "rtp" in the Device Name and an IP Address that starts with 192.168. name contains 'rtp' and ip beginsWith '192.168'
Search for all devices with a custom attribute of "year" and the custom attribute value of "2021". attribute has (id = year and value = 2021)
Search for all devices with a custom attribute of "model" and the custom attribute value of "server" that have "CN" in the Device Name. attribute has (id = model and value = server) and name contains "cn"
Search for all devices that meet the following criteria:

  • a custom attribute of "SL1ComponentType" and the custom attribute value of "DC"

  • a custom attribute of "SL1Stack" and the custom attribute value of "BigBen"

  • and a Logical Name of "EM7 Data Collector".

 attribute has (id eq 'SL1ComponentType' and value eq 'DC') and attribute has (id eq 'SL1Stack' and value eq 'BigBen') and deviceClass has (logicalName contains 'EM7 Data Collector')
Search for all devices that meet the following criteria:

  • aligned with the "Onprem" organization

  • a Device Class of "Windows Server 2"

  • and an IP Address that starts with "172".

 organization has (company contains 'Onprem') and deviceClass has (description contains 'windows server 2') and ip beginsWith '172'
Search for all mail servers based on the organization's naming conventions (all US-based devices start with the prefix of "us-"). name beginsWith "us-" and name contains "mail" or name contains "smtp"
Search for all devices aligned with any organization except for the System and Smart Tech Business organizations. organization has (company doesNotContain System and company doesNotContain 'Smart Tech Business')
Search for all devices with "01" in the Device Name that belong to the ScienceLogic organization. name contains '01' and organization has (company = sciencelogic)
Search for all devices with a Device Category of "Server" or "System". deviceClass has (deviceCategory has (name contains "server")) or deviceClass has (deviceCategory has (name contains "system"))

Advanced Search Examples on the Events Page

The following table contains a set of sample Advanced Searches for the Events page:

Purpose of Advanced Search on Events Page Advanced Search Syntax
Search for events on devices by Device ID of 1, 2, or 3. device has (id in 1,2,3)
Search for all events that contains the word "error" message contains "error"
Search for all events on devices with a Device Category Name of "xtremio". device has (deviceClass has (deviceCategory has (name contains 'xtremio')))

Advanced Search Examples for Dynamic Component Mapping (DCM) Scenarios

Dynamic Component Mapping (DCM) allows SL1 to collect data from a single management system, such as a VMware ESX server, and then use that data to create multiple device records for the entities managed by that single management system. For example, the managed entities for a VMware ESX server would be the Guest VMs hosted by that ESX server.

The following table contains a set of sample Advanced Searches for DCM devices on the Devices page:

Purpose of Advanced Search Advanced Search Syntax
Search for all host devices from a specific vCenter and add those devices to a Device Service componentRoot has (name contains "VCSA") and (componentParent has (deviceClass has (description contains 'Host Server')) or componentParent has (deviceClass has (description contains 'ESX')))
Search for SQL servers than run as the master.

deviceClass has (description contains 'SQL Instance') and componentRoot has (attribute has (id == 'DB_Role'and value contains 'Master'))

The following sections contain more details about these two Advanced Searches and how they work.

Scenario 1: vCenters

An SL1 system has multiple vCenters, each of which has multiple host servers. You want to include in a Device Service all Virtual Machines (VMs) from just one of the vCenters. This scenario includes the following elements:

  • The vCenter has a host name of VCSA hayward-hq.loc

  • One of the hosts has a Device Class of Host Server, and it contains four VMs

  • One of the hosts has a Device Class of ESX, and it contains 16 VMs

The VCSA hayward-hq.loc vCenter and its host servers

Search 1a

componentRoot has (name contains "VCSA") and deviceClass has (description contains "Virtual Machine")

This search works, but it only returns seven devices instead of the 16 devices you might have expected:

A query for the right set of devices and its preview of 7 devices

How the query works:

componentRoot has (name contains "VCSA")

This part of the query returns a list of all devices that have a root with a name that includes VCSA.

and deviceClass has (description contains "Virtual Machine")

This part of the query filters the results of the first part of the query to isolate the devices with Device Class of Virtual Machine

The reason why this Advanced Search does not result in the 16 VMs that we can see are hosted by both hosts is that some of the VMs have been merged. As a result, their Device Class has been reset to that of the operating system they are running.

Search 1b

componentRoot has (name contains "VCSA") and (componentParent has (deviceClass has (description contains 'Host Server')) or componentParent has (deviceClass has (description contains 'ESX')))

This search successfully returns all 16 VMs:

A query for the right set of devices and its preview of 16 devices

How the query works:

componentRoot has (name contains "VCSA")

This part of the query returns a list of all devices that have a root with a name that includes VCSA.

and (componentParent has (deviceClass has (description contains 'Host Server'))

This part of the query filters the results of the first part of the query to isolate the devices that have a parent of the Device Class Host Server.

or componentParent has (deviceClass has (description contains 'ESX')))

This part of the query then does a second search of the results of the first query, looking for devices with parents that have a Device Class of ESX.

Scenario 2: SQL Servers

A DB Cluster has two SQL Servers than run as the master and two SQL servers that run as the slave:

The Device Components page with 4 devices found

Four times a year the master and slave is swapped between the two pairs. As this is a planned, infrequent, and manual activity, you can manually swap a custom attribute on the four hosting devices to designate if a device is acting as master or slave:

The attributes of a device with its value set to Master

The attributes of a device with its value set to Slave

For production or higher frequency and automated swapping, making the switch of the custom attributes could be embedded into a switching script and use the API or GQL interfaces to change the value of the custom attributes.

Searches

deviceClass has (description contains 'SQL Instance') and componentRoot has (attribute has (id == 'DB_Role'and value contains 'Master'))

This search returns the two SQL instances that are running on the two SQL hosts designated as the master pair:

A query for the right set of devices with the text "value contains 'Master'" with a preview of 2 devices

deviceClass has (description contains 'SQL Instance') and componentRoot has (attribute has (id == 'DB_Role'and value contains 'Master'))

This search returns the two SQL instances that are running on the two SQL hosts designated as the slave pair:

A query for the right set of devices with the text "value contains 'Slave'" with a preview of 2 devices

How the query works:

deviceClass has (description contains 'SQL Instance')

This part of the query returns a list of all devices that have a Device Class of SQL Instance.

and componentRoot has (attribute has (id == 'DB_Role'and value contains 'Slave'))

This second part of the query then filters the results of the first query to isolate the devices that have a root device with a custom attribute of DB_Role set to Slave.

Performing Bulk Actions

If an inventory page in SL1 displays a list of items, and that page contains a checkbox () to the left of each item in the list, you can select two or more items to perform bulk actions on all of the selected items at the same time. For example, on the Devices page, you can select two, twenty, or all of the devices on the page, and then you can assign an icon or align an organization with all of the selected devices.

When you use the checkbox to select one or more items in a list, a set of relevant buttons appear at the top of the page. Click a button to run that action on all of the selected devices:

The Events page with the bottom of the page noting 10 Events Selected with buttons to Acknowledge or Clear them

To select all of the items on a page, click the checkbox at the top of the list. To clear all of the selected items, click the checkbox at the top again.

Pages that contain lists use "infinite scrolling", where the list continues to populate as you scroll toward the bottom of the list. The scrolling stops when you reach the end of the list.

Customizing the SL1 User Interface

A theme is a graphic template this is applied to the user interface. SL1 includes one System Default theme, but you can completely customize the look and feel of your SL1 system by creating new themes.

For example, you could create a theme that replaces the SL1 logo with your company's logo and updates the colors used in the user interface to match those used in your company's branding. You can also choose between a light theme or a dark theme for the user interface.

For more information about customizing the user interface using themes, see the section on Theme Customization.

Getting Help and More Information

For product documentation about any page in SL1, click the Help button at the top right of any page in SL1.

The Help menu appears in a new pane on the right side of the SL1 window:

The Help menu from the Events page.

If you click the View Product Documentation link at the bottom of the Help menu, a product documentation topic specific to the current page appears in a new browser window:

The Performing an Advanced Search page on the ScienceLogic Product Documentation website.

The product documentation includes a Search field at the top of the page that you can use to find additional topics related to the SL1 user interface. To find a specific topic that is longer than one word, enclose all of the key words in parentheses, such as "business services".

Click the Feedback button on the right side of the product documentation window to send comments directly to the ScienceLogic Documentation team, such as reporting typos, inaccuracies, questions, or other comments about that specific page in the Product Documentation.

As of version 8.12.2 of SL1, ScienceLogic no longer updates the content that appears when you click the Guide button in the classic user interface. All help content is maintained in the Help menu and the online product documentation, which is located at https://docs.sciencelogic.com.

The About Page

For more information about the components used by SL1, click your user name in the navigation bar at the top of any SL1 page and select About. The About ScienceLogic page appears:

The About ScienceLogic page with the ap2 number listed as 6.34.0

The current version number of the SL1 user interface displays in the ap2 row at the top of the list of components in the right-hand pane, along with the current version of GraphQL used by SL1. The Platform section lists SL1 version information for the various components in SL1, including Application Server, Collector Unit, and Database details, and All-In-One configurations (AO) where relevant.

In the left-hand pane, click any of the components in the Open Source Components pane to view licensing information about those components, along with links to relevant websites where relevant.

To search for a specific open-source component, type the name of that component in the Search field at the top of the page. The list of components is filtered by your search terms.

Tips and Best Practices for Using the Product Documentation

Use the following tips and best practices when using the ScienceLogic Help menu and product documentation:

General

  • To ensure that you are always using the most recent version of the product documentation, check the URL for this site to make sure you are using https://docs.sciencelogic.com/latest/.
  • The documentation at this site contains all manuals for the various features of SL1 and SL1 PowerFlow. You can click the Download manual as PDF link at the top of each chapter to download the PDF version of the manual.
  • The documentation at this site is the same documentation that appears when you click the Help button at the top of any SL1 page. When you click Help, the Help Menu appears:
    • The content in the Help Menu is based on your current page in SL1, and it is a condensed version of what appears at this site.
    • If you click the View Product Documentation link at the bottom of the Help Menu, a product documentation topic specific to the current page appears in a new browser window:
    • The Help Menu was introduced in SL1 version 11.1.0. If you are using a version of SL1 older than version 11.1.0, you can access the product documentation by clicking your user name and selecting Help from the drop-down menu. 
  • If you use the Version drop-down to navigate to a previous version of the product release notes or product documentation, the Version drop-down on the older version might contain links to archived, end-of-life versions of the site that display a 404 error. The Version drop-down only displays links to currently supported releases of SL1.

Searching the Site

  • To search for a specific item in the product documentation, type the relevant information in the Search bar at the top of the page. After you select a document from the search results page, type the same search into your browser's Search (Ctrl+F).
  • If you are using a multiple-word search for a specific term, enclose those words in quotation marks ("").
    • For example: "business services".
    • If you do not use quotes around a term, the online docs assume you want to search for any of those terms, such as business OR services, as opposed to a search for business AND services with quotes.
  • To quickly find a video in the product documentation, include the word "video" in your search, along with the topic or feature you want to view, without quotation marks. For example: video services.
  • Use the following command to search the product documentation via the SL1 API: https://docs.sciencelogic.com/latest/#search-<your-query-here>. For example: https://docs.sciencelogic.com/latest/#search-business services.
  • After you click a link to a page from the search results, your search term or terms display as one or more highlighted colors. To get rid of the highlights, click the Remove Highlights button () on the toolbar at top right of the Help content pane.

Links

  • If you want to share or save a link to specific location in the documentation, click the link icon () to the right of the heading for a topic or sub-topic. That topic moves to the top of the reading pane, and you can copy the URL in the Address bar of the browser to share or save that location.
  • If a link to an external site does not open properly in a new browser window or tab, right-click the link in the product release notes and select the option to open the link in a new tab or window.

Images

  • An image in the product documentation might appear slightly blurry until you click that image to expand it in a pop-up window.
  • If you clicked to expand an image in a pop-up window, you will need to click the expanded image in its pop-up window to return it to its regular size before you can click another image or link in the product documentation.
  • You can also right-click an image and select Open Image in New Tab from the pop-up menu to make the image display at full size in the new browser tab.

Guides from the "Classic" User Interface

  • As of version 8.12.2 of SL1, ScienceLogic will no longer update the help content that appears when you click the Guide button in the user interface. All help content will be updated and maintained here at https://docs.sciencelogic.com.

Filtering the Items on a Classic Page

Many pages in the classic user interface for SL1 that display data in tabular format include a "filter-while-you-type" filter above each table column. For example, the following filters appear on the Device Manager page (Devices > Device Manager or Registry > Devices > Device Manager in the classic user interface):

The filters on the Device Manager page: Device Name, IP Address, Device Category, Device Class & Sub-class, DID, Organization, Current State, Collection Group, Collection State, SNMP Credential, and SNMP Version

You can filter the list of items on a page by entering values in one or more filters. The list of items is dynamically updated as you enter values. By default, the cursor is placed in the first Filter-While-You-Type field. You can use the <Tab> key or your mouse to move your cursor through the fields. There are two general types of filter:

  • Text filters, where you enter text to match against. SL1 will search for the items that contain the text you entered, including partial matches. For example, if you enter "server" in the Device Name filter in the Device Manager page, the list of devices will be filtered to include only the devices that include "server" in the device name. Most text filters support the following special characters:
  • , (comma). Specifies an "or" operation. For example:

"dell, micro" would match all values that contain the string "dell" OR the string "micro".

  • & (ampersand). Specifies an "and" operation. For example:

"dell & micro" would match all values that contain the string "dell" AND the string "micro".

  • ! (exclamation mark). Specifies a "not" operation. For example:

"!dell" would match all values that do not contain the string "dell".

  • ^ (caret mark). Specifies "starts with." For example:

"^micro" would match all strings that start with "micro," like "microsoft".

"^" will include all rows that have a value in the column.

"!^" will include all rows that have no value in the column.

  • $ (dollar sign). Specifies "ends with." For example:

"$ware" would match all strings that end with "ware", like "VMware".

"$" will include all rows that have a value in the column.

"!$" will include all rows that have no value in the column.

  • min-max. Matches numeric values only. Specifies any value between the minimum value and the maximum value, including the minimum and the maximum. For example:

"1-5" would match 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

  • - (dash). Matches numeric values only. A "half open" range. Specifies values including the minimum and greater or including the maximum and lesser. For example:

"1-" matches 1 and greater, so it would match 1, 2, 6, 345, etc.

"-5" matches 5 and less, so it would match 5, 3, 1, 0, etc.

  • > (greater than). Matches numeric values only. Specifies any value "greater than." For example:

">7" would match all values greater than 7.

  • < (less than). Matches numeric values only. Specifies any value "less than." For example:

"<12" would match all values less than 12.

  • >= (greater than or equal to). Matches numeric values only. Specifies any value "greater than or equal to". For example:

"=>7" would match all values 7 and greater.

  • <= (less than or equal to). Matches numeric values only. Specifies any value "less than or equal to". For example:

"=<12" would match all values 12 and less.

  • = (equal). Matches numeric values only. For numeric values, allows you to match a negative value. For example:

"=-5 " would match "-5" instead of being evaluated as the "half open range" as described above.

  • Drop-down list filters, where you select a value from a list of pre-defined values. SL1 will search the items that match the value you selected. For example, if you select ">=Notice" in the Current State filter in the Device Manager page, the list of devices will be filtered to include only the devices that have a current state of "Notice" or above.

If you select multiple filters, the list of values will be filtered to include only items that meet all the filter criteria.

Not all pages include "filter-while-you-type" filters and not all filters support all special characters.

Tool Tips

Some pages in SL1 include question-mark icons next to one or more fields. These question-mark icons are called Tool Tips. When you move your mouse over a Tool Tip, SL1 displays a brief description of the corresponding field.

The IP Address Discovery List Tool Tip and its description in the Discovery Session Editor

Creating and Using Bookmarks

The Administer Bookmarks page (Misc > Bookmarks) allows you to create bookmarks in the classic user interface and quickly navigate to a selected page or to a selected result.

The Administer Bookmarks page.

You can bookmark:

  • The current page (classic user interface only)
  • The results of a search, such as a search for all devices where the name begins with "cisco" (classic user interface only)
  • A filtered list, such as a list of all tickets in the "Engineering" queue (classic user interface only)
  • An editor page, with drop-down lists already selected. For example, you could bookmark the Dynamic Applications Create New Application page, with the Application Type of "XML Performance" already selected. The selected drop-down determines the other fields that appear in the subsequent pages.

To create a new bookmark:

  1. In SL1, navigate to the page and/or results you want to bookmark (classic user interface only).
  2. Use the shortcut keys Ctrl + Alt + B to display the Administer Bookmarks page.

  1. In the Administer Bookmarks page (Misc > Bookmarks), supply a value in the Save Current Page field. SL1 automatically supplies the page name in this field. You can edit the field to include more descriptive text.
  2. Click the Save button to save the new bookmark. The new bookmark appears at the bottom of the Administer Bookmarks page.

To access an existing bookmark, click its star icon (). SL1 will display the bookmarked page.

To delete a bookmark, click its bomb icon ().

The Finder Tool

The Finder tool (Misc > Finder) allows you to easily find one or multiple elements in SL1. This prevents you from having to navigate through multiple pages to find the element you are interested in.

The Finder tool allows you to search for one or more of the following types of elements:

  • Organizations
  • Devices
  • Assets
  • IP networks
  • Interfaces
  • Vendors
  • User Accounts
  • Virtual Interfaces
  • Device Groups

NOTE: To access the Finder page, accounts of type "user" must be granted one or more access keys that includes the following access hook: Finder. Accounts of type "user" will then be able to view the Finder tool.

  • To search organizations, the user must be granted the access hook Org:View.
  • To search for device, the user must be granted the access hook Dev:View.
  • To search asset records, the user must be granted the access hook Asset:View.
  • To search IPv4 Networks, the user must be granted the access hook Networks:IPv4:View.
  • To search interfaces, the user must be granted the access hook networks:Interfaces:View.
  • Top search vendor records, the user must be granted the access hook Vendor:View.
  • To search user accounts, the user must be granted the access hook User:View.
  • To search virtual interfaces, the user must be granted the access hook Networks:Interfaces:View.

Searching for One or More Elements

To use the Finder tool to search for one or more elements:

  1. From any page in SL1, press Ctrl + Alt + F. The Finder tool appears:

The Finder page with the Organization, Device, Asset, Vendor, User Account, and Device Group checkboxes selected and the Search field filled in with "%hq"

  1. In the Finder modal page, select the checkboxes for the element types you want to search. Choices are:
  • Organizations
  • Devices
  • Assets
  • IP networks
  • Interfaces
  • Vendors
  • User Accounts
  • Virtual Interfaces

  1. In the Search field, type the whole string of text or a partial string of text for which you want to search.

  1. You can include the asterisk (*) wildcard in the Search field.
  • If placed at the beginning of a string, the asterisk says "match on this string, preceded by any number of any characters".
  • If placed at the end of a string, the asterisk says "match on this string, followed by any number of any characters."

  1. Click the Search button.
  2. The elements that match the search requirements are displayed at the bottom of the Finder page.

Viewing a List of All Elements in SL1

To use the Finder page to view a list of all elements in SL1:

  1. From any page in SL1, enter Ctrl + Alt + F.

The Finder page with all checkboxes selected and the Search field filled in with "%"

  1. On the Finder page, select all the checkboxes.
  2. In the Search field, type "%" (percent).
  3. Click the Search button. A list of all elements in SL1 is displayed at the bottom of the Finder page.

Viewing the Results Table

After clicking the Search button, SL1 will display a list of elements that match the selected element type and search string.

From this list of results, you can:

  • View an element's properties. To do this, click on its icon (the icon will vary, depending upon the element).
  • View reports for some elements. To do this, click on the bar graph icon ().
  • Create a ticket about an element. To do this, click on the life ring icon ().

The Toolbox

The Toolbox appears in the upper right of the window in the classic user interface of SL1:

The Toolbox

The Toolbox displays the following:

  • Logged in. Displays the name of the current user. When you hover over the username, the IP address for the current session appears.
  • Finder. If you enter a string in this field and click the Go button, SL1 uses the Finder tool to search all possible element types. The results are returned in the Finder tool page.
  • Toolbox. Clicking the Toolbox button displays a set of links to commonly accessed pages and the shortcut keys for those pages. The Toolbox button also displays links for License Information and SL1 Version Information.

  • The License Information link leads to a pop-up page with a list of all third-party licenses included in SL1.

  • The SL1 Information link leads to a pop-up page with information about the current version of SL1.

You can also access the following Toolbox options from the menu bar on the left () and from the Advanced menu (), under the Misc heading:

  • Bookmarks (Misc > Bookmarks). Displays the Administer Bookmarks page for saved and saving bookmarked SL1 pages.
  • Finder (Misc > Finder). Displays the Finder search tool for searching for specific SL1 features.
  • Guides (Misc > Guides). Displays the Guide Browser, which you can search to find more information about the classic user interface. The Guides are no longer being updated. For the most recent Help information, click the Help button at the top right of any page in SL1.
  • Clear SL1 Cache (Misc > Clear SL1 Cache). Removes cached items from SL1.
  • Regular Expression Tester (Misc > Regular Expression Tester). Lets you type regular expressions and search text into fields and then test them without impacting anything in SL1.
  • SL1 License Info (Misc > SL1 License Info). Displays a page of licensed software used by SL1.