16.4 Locating Workloads with the Filter and Advanced Search

The Filter and Advanced Search tools allow you to locate one or more workloads that you want to perform actions on. It is an easy way to select multiple workloads to assign to batches or to modify transformation information.

  1. In the Web Interface, click the Global Project Selector, then select the project of interest.

  2. In the Web Interface, select Planning in the toolbar, then select the Workloads tab.

  3. In the Filter, type characters to search for values in the searchable columns. The filter applies immediately to the list as you type the characters.

    You can click the Clear Filter icon to clear the field and remove the filter.

  4. Click the Advanced Search icon to narrow the search by specifying your desired search parameters and values.

    The Advanced Search dialog is a multiple-option form that allows you to search on any combination of the following parameters for Workloads that make sense for the target of your search:

    Planning

    Platform

    Workload

    Resources

    • Project
    • Wave
    • Batch
    • Status
    • Sub Status
    • Health
    • On Hold
    • Platform
    • For AWS:
    •   Region
    • For Azure:
    •   Location
    •   Resource Group
    • For VMware:
    •   Cluster
    •   Cluster Hosts
    • Hostname
    • Migrate Server
    • OS Type
    • Application
    • Environment
    • Transform Method
    • For Azure:
    •   Azure Machine Size
    • For AWS:
    •   VPC
    •   Datastores
    • For Azure:
    •   Network
    •   Subnet
    •   Storage Accounts
    • For VMware:
    •   Network
    •   Datastores
    • Total Storage
    • Single Disk Size
    • Total Number of Cores
    • Amount of Memory

    Custom Fields

     

     

     
    • Field 1
    • Field 5
    • Field 2
    • Field 6
    • Field 3
    • Field 7
    • Field 4
    • Field 8

    NOTE:Custom field labels that you have defined for a project appear in the form if the Global Project Selector is set to a specific project.

    Click Clear to reset the Advanced Search and try again with different fields.

  5. After you have narrowed the list to the items of interest, click in the list to exit the Advanced Search dialog.

  6. Pause over the Workloads tab to see the number of total items in the list.

    The Advanced Search icon is blue if any of the options are active in the search dialog.

  7. In the filtered Workloads list, view the workloads listed in the search results.

  8. (Optional) Select multiple items in the list to perform Bulk Edit or Bulk Status Change actions on the selected workloads.

  9. Pause over the Workloads tab to see the number of total items in the list and the total number of selected items.