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Filter a List View

You can filter a list if it is too long, or if you are looking for specific items in the list (alarms that begin with the

word "datastore," for example). You can show and hide the filter field by using the Filtering option in the

View menu.

The list is updated based on whether filtering is on or off. For example, if you are in the Virtual Machines tab,

you have filtered the list and the filtered text is “powered on." You see a list of virtual machines whose state

is set to powered on. If the state of any virtual machine changes, the virtual machine is removed from the list.

Virtual machines that are added to the list are also filtered.

Procedure

1 On any inventory panel that displays a list, click the arrow next to the filter box at the top right of the pane.

2 Select the attributes on which to filter.

3 Enter search criteria into the filter field.

The search automatically starts after a pause of more than one second. Neither boolean expressions nor

special characters are supported. Filtering is not case-sensitive.

4 (Optional) Click Clear to clear the filter field.

Export a List

You can export a list to a file.

Procedure

1 Select the list to export.

2 Select File > Export > Export List.

3 Type a filename and select a file type.

4 Click Save.

Custom Attributes

You can use custom attributes to associate user-specific meta-information with virtual machines and managed

hosts.

Attributes are the resources that are monitored and managed for all the managed hosts and virtual machines

in your vSphere environment. Attributes’ status and states appear on the inventory panels.

After you create the attributes, set the value for the attribute on each virtual machine or managed host, as

appropriate. This value is stored with vCenter Server and not with the virtual machine or managed host. Use

the new attribute to filter information about your virtual machines and managed hosts. If you no longer need

the custom attribute, remove it. A custom attribute is always a string.

For example, suppose you have a set of products and you want to sort them by sales representative. Create a

custom attribute for sales person name, Name. Add the custom attribute, Name, column to one of the list views.

Add the appropriate name to each product entry. Click the column title Name to sort alphabetically.

The custom attributes feature is available only when you are connected to a vCenter Server system.

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