You can save your current query and time range in VMware Aria Operations for Logs to view it later. Saved queries can only be loaded from the Explore Logs page.

Prerequisites

Verify that you are logged in to the VMware Aria Operations for Logs web user interface as a user associated with the User role, or a role that has the relevant permissions. For more information, see Create and Modify Roles in Administering VMware Aria Operations for Logs. The URL format of the web user interface is https://operations_for_logs-host, where operations_for_logs-host is the IP address or host name of the VMware Aria Operations for Logs virtual appliance.

Procedure

  1. In the Explore Logs page, perform the query that you want to save.
  2. Click , select Add current query to favorites icon "".
  3. Type a name and click Save.
    Note: Saved queries include a fixed time range and are not updated. By saving a query, you take a snapshot of log messages available within the time range at the moment when you save.

Results

The query is added to the Favorite queries list.

All users, including administrators, have an individual list of saved queries.