Global search

Global search indexing options and supported entities

• Full Indexing—Requires that you invoke the full indexing process. This process scans all the devices and objects in the system and displays them in the search index only after you invoke the indexing. To invoke full indexing, you must have administrative privileges.

  For more information, see Initiate full indexing.

• Incremental Indexing—An event-based indexing process where the search index automatically updates each time that a device or an object is added, modified, or deleted.

The information that you enter in the search field is not case-sensitive. You can perform a global search using these entities:

• Device Name—Supports partial device names, URL, IP address, or range.

• Object Types—Supports object name, object descriptions, and configured values.

• Policy Types—Supports policy name, policy description, rule name, and rule comments.

  Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center and on-premises Firewall Management Center managed in Security Cloud Control support these policy types:

  • Access Control Policy

  • Prefilter Policy

  • Threat Defense NAT Policy

When you type a search expression, the interface begins to display search results and you do not need to press Enter to execute a search.

The search results display all devices and objects that match your search terms. If your search term matches more than one device or object, the results appear under categories such as devices, objects, and connected_fmc.

By default, the first item in the search result is highlighted and the related information for that item appears in the right pane. You can scroll through the search results and click any item to view the corresponding information. You can click the arrow icon besides the item to navigate to the corresponding page.