Search Expression History; Refining Search Results - Novell SENTINEL LOG MANAGER 1.0.0.5 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 03-31-2010 Administration Manual

The advanced search criteria are modeled on the search criteria for the Apache* Lucene* open
source package. More details about the search criteria is available at
(http://lucene.apache.org/java/2_3_2/queryparsersyntax.html).

5.1.3 Search Expression History

Sentinel Log Manager allows you to select a search expression value from the recently used search
expressions list, while performing a search. When you click or enter a value in the Search text box,
recently used search expressions values appear. You can select one of the search expression values
to re-execute the same search.
When you enter a text value in the Search text box, the closely matched search expressions
values appear in the recently used search expression list.
The search expression history list displays a maximum of 15 expressions values.
When the text is not entered in the Search text box, the search expression list displays the
recently used search expressions. The most recent search expression value appears at the top of
the list.
For each user, a maximum of 250 search expressions values are stored. Once the number of
search expressions exceeds the 250 value, the oldest ones are deleted from the list.
The following image displays the recently used search expressions list:
Figure 5-1

5.2 Refining Search Results

You can refine the search results based on a specific event field. You can use the search refinement
pane in the Sentinel Log Manager User Interface to refine search results.
The refinement event fields listed in the Sentinel Log Manager User Interface are on a per-user basis
and the settings are restored across sessions and at additional searches.
If you have multiple search tabs, you can select different event fields for each of these tabs. If you
save these event field selections, then the subsequent searches display the event fields saved in the
previous setting.
For more information on each of these event fields, see
78 Sentinel Log Manager 1.0.0.4 Administration Guide
Displays the Search Expression History list
Lucene Query Parser Syntax
Appendix C, "Event Fields," on page 149.