Sharing and Saving Search Links

1. At the top of the screen, click the Search tab.
2. Run a search and apply filter criteria, as desired.
3. To share the link, copy the URL in the browser address bar and send it to the desired recipients.
4. To save the link, add a bookmark in your browser to the search results page.

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Viewing Search Results

You must be logged in to BigPanda to view search results.

Using URL Parameters for Searches

You can use URL parameters to run or refine a unified search.

Syntax

To include a search parameter in a URL, use the following syntax:

https://a.bigpanda.io/#/app/investigator?<parameter 1>=<value 1>&<parameter 2>=<value 2>

For example, to search for all Nagios alerts containing phx*db that were active at some time within the last hour, use the following URL:

https://a.bigpanda.io/#/app/investigator?query=phx*db&source=nagios.*&timeframe=-1h

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Syntax Rules

• Use URL encoding to escape spaces and other unsafe characters.
• Parameters and values are case sensitive.

Parameters

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Environment and Source Values

The values for the environment and source parameters are unique, internal names that may be different from the descriptive names shown in the UI. If the URL parameters are not returning the expected results, try adjusting the filters on the Search tab and note the parameter values in the URL.