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ipMonitor's Quick Filter feature allows you to search for the existence of a Custom Tag, or for a Tag with a specific value. This ability makes it easy to quickly and efficiently manage and sort through your Monitors.

The Custom Tags feature allows you to add meta-data into your configuration, easing the long-term management of your network with ipMonitor. The search mechanism will find exact-string matches within Tags, and is case insensitive.

Note: Tag names do not have to be unique. You can create several Tags with the same name, and they will all be searched using the Quick Filter. For example, you can create several Tags named 'operator', specifying that multiple operators manage a Monitor. Each operator can then search for his own handle.

To use the Quick Filter, proceed with the following:

1. Log in to the ipMonitor Administration interface.
2. Click the Monitors menu option.
3. Type in tagname=tagvalue (in this example, area=ops) within the Filter input field.
4. Select the by Tag search option from the drop-down menu.

The Monitors List will automatically refresh to display only the Monitors that meet your search criteria.

Before populating Tags for the purpose of searching, we recommend determining what Tags will be used, as well as their corresponding values.

Examples:

         Tag Name: operator
         Values: hjames, glevar, hmacey, jlangler

         Tag Name: changenotify
         Values: hjames, glevar, hmacey, jlangler

         Tag Name: importance
         Values: low, medium, high, ultra

         Tag Name: area
         Values: ops, boston, rack01, rack02, rack03

For information on other features and concepts related to those discussed in this article, refer to the following ipMonitor resources:

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Last Updated: April 20, 2006 | What did you think of this topic?