Working with Search Queries
VMware Aria
Operations for Networks
provides a robust search for all the entities in your
environment.
VMware Aria
Operations for Networks
provides a list of
pre-defined list of search queries out-of-the-box under . You can refer or use these queries as a syntax to structure the search
query, and modify them as per your requirement. Each of these queries are associated
with a description and a set of tags. You can also filter these search queries based on
a keyword or a specific tag. When searching for a query, you get alternate search
suggestions if the search fails to show results for that query.To run the query, you can click on a query in the list. When you select a query that does
not require a parameter value, the query would be executed directly. If a query requires
a parameter value, the homepage of
VMware Aria
Operations for Networks
opens in a new tab which shows the query with the sample
value. You can replace them with the actual values like host name, application name,
that exists in your setup. The
Supported Properties
option on the Help
page displays the
list of entities, which when expanded displays all the supported properties,
description, sample queries and tags of the particular entity. You can filter the
properties based on the tags.You can use the
View Search Query
option on the widget to see the search
queries that are associated with each widget on the pinboards. Also, VMware Aria
Operations for Networks
enables you to copy the query,
which you can modify and execute on the search bar. If multiple sub-widgets exists in a
widget (for example, an Overview widget on a dashboard), you can see the queries for
each sub-widget that are associated with the respective name.As of now, the
View Search
Query
option is available for the only following:- NSX Manager Details
- Flow Insights Details
- Application Details
- Home Page
- VM Details
- Host Details
- NSX-T Manager topology
- NSX-T Host Transport Node
- NSX-T Edge Transport Node
- NSX Policy Manager Details
Here are some of the terms that can help you
with the search feature in
VMware Aria
Operations for Networks
: - Entities: A data center consists of physical and logical building blocks such as host, virtual machine, switch, router, NSX Manager and so on. The instances of these blocks are entities.
- Property: An entity consists of multiple properties. A property can be either a configuration property or a metric property.
- Configuration Property: An entity can be described by its configuration properties. A configuration property can be either integer or real value or a string or a boolean value.
- Name, CPU cores, and operating system for virtual machines
- Name, and number of virtual machines for hosts
- Metric Property: Any property which measures a particular characteristic of an entity is a metric property. The values of metric properties are captured at regular intervals of time. CPU usage, memory usage, and network usage for virtual machines are some examples of metric properties.
- Aggregate Functions: They can be used in the search queries to compute the total number of instances of a particular entity type or maximum property of an entity.VMware Aria Operations for Networkssupports following aggregation functions.
- sum
- max
- min
- avg
When you search for entities, the software
displays the entities that match your search query on the
Results
page. For each search query, the search bar
suggests you the next term that you can use to narrow down your search results. For
example, when you enter the term
vm
, the search bar
displays a possible list of terms that you can add to your existing term to narrow
down your search results. The search bar also validates each search query. A check
mark denotes a valid search query and a cross mark denotes an invalid search query.