The Unified Search Tab

Unified search lets you investigate current and historical BigPanda incidents to help you diagnose problems faster and manage your infrastructure proactively.

Key Features

Search BigPanda incidents for specific comments, sharing info and/or current and historical data by timeframe, keyword/phrase, and/or tag value. Historical data up to three months old can be searched.
Search monitoring data across multiple source systems at the same time.
Visualize the life cycle of relevant incidents using timelines embedded in search results.
Use BigPanda Query Language (BPQL) to create advanced queries and find values in any standard or custom tag.
Filter and sort results to target the most relevant data.
Export search results to a CSV or JSON file.

Navigate the Unified Search Tab

Unified Search can be accessed from within the BigPanda UI by clicking the Unified Search tab.

Field	Description	Related Links
1 • Search Bar	Enter a BPQL query into the search bar to find relevant incidents. Search incidents by alerts, comments, incident tags, assignee, or snooze status.	Search Incidents BigPanda Query Language Query Assist
2 • Search Filters	Filter the search results by: • Environment • Source • Date	Search Incidents
3 • Sort Results	Sort the search results by: • Last changed date • Time when the incident was last updated • Priority • Incidents with the highest or lowest priority level • Status • Current severity status of the incident • Alert time • The time the first alert in the incident was received • No. of Alerts • Number of active alerts in the incident(s) • Duration • Incidents with the longest or shortest duration	Search Incidents
4 • Expand/Collapse All	By default, all incident matching your query appear with the timeline view collapsed. You can click the Expand All button to expand the timeline view of all incidents.	Search Incidents
6 • Matching Incidents	The incidents matching your query appear in a list below the search filters. Click the downwards-facing arrow on the right side of an incident to expand the timeline. Click View Incident to open the incident details pane. Use the action icons to Comment, Share, or Snooze an incident. Use the date drop down menu to select the timeline date range. Click Export to export the incident information to a CSV or JSON file.	Search Incidents Timeline

Next Steps

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