Using Search

Depending on the page, the Search function helps you find the following types of items in Secure Configuration Manager:

Endpoints
Jobs
Policy templates
Reports
Security Checks
Tags

You can search for these items or filter a list of items, based on a wide variety of criteria. If the item, such as an endpoint, supports user-defined tags, you can also search for the item by its tags.

For more information about this software product, see the NetIQ Secure Configuration Manager documentation.

Search Query Criteria

For your search terms, consider the following criteria:

Multiple values

Use spaces to separate multiple values. For example:

SQL Windows Finance

Special characters

You can use the following special characters in the search string:

@ $ - _ . | " ; < >

However, you must include the escape character \ before the following special characters:

| " ; < >

For example:

Finance \> Texas, Finance\|Texas

Phrases

You can search for phrases, such as Finance_Dept or NetIQ Password Settings. However, if the phrase includes a space, you might need to enclose the phrase in double quotation marks (“”):

Use quotation marks when searching for a policy template or security check in Assess > Policy Templates or Assess > Security Checks. For example:
```
"AD Domain", "NetIQ Password Settings"
```
Use quotation marks when searching for an endpoint or group in Manage > Endpoints. For example:
```
"Finance Dept", "Finance \> Texas"
```
Do not use quotation marks when searching for security check or endpoint names in the tables of an assessment or dynamic report. For example:
```
AD Domain
```

The Web console reports an error or “no data found” if your search does not meet the query criteria.

For more information about queries for finding a policy template or endpoint by its tag, see Search for Items by their Tags.

Search for Items by their Tags

You can find a policy template or endpoint by searching for its associated tags in the following locations:

Manage > Endpoints
Assess > Policy Templates
Utilities > Tags

In the search field, enter tagList:<tagName>. For example:

tagList: windows, tagList: Finance