Searching for specific devices in the IBM MaaS360 Portal

Use the Advanced Search feature to search for specific devices in the IBM® MaaS360® Portal.

Procedure

  1. From the IBM MaaS360 Portal Home page, select Devices > Advanced Search.
    The Advanced Search page is displayed.
  2. Choose one of the following options:
    Option Description
    Search for Specifies whether you want to search for active devices, inactive devices, or all devices.
    With Device Types Specifies the types of devices that you want to include in the search, such as desktops, notebooks, smartphones, and other devices.
    Note: Depending on the services that you purchased for your MaaS360 customer account, some of these options might not be available.
    Last Reported Specifies the last time that a device contacted MaaS360.
    Search Criteria Specifies the Boolean operators that handle multiple search conditions. The following Boolean operators are available:
    • All Conditions (AND)
    • Any Condition (OR)
    • Across Conditions (Advanced)

    Condition: Specifies the category, attribute, criteria, and value to search for.

    Based on the search criteria category that is selected, relevant attributes are listed in the search condition. For any search condition category and attribute, the following criteria is available: Contains, Begins with, Does not contain, Ends with, Equal to, Is empty, Is not empty, and Not equal to.
    In the Search Criteria section on the Advanced Search page, you must define the operators in the correct format or you might receive the wrong results. To set up search criteria, see the examples in the topic on Configuring search criteria.
    Viewing an example of Advanced Search condition
  3. Click Search to view the devices that match the search criteria.
    The results are displayed on the page.
    Viewing an example of search results for a given search condition

What to do next

  • Customize the columns that are displayed in the search results.
  • Download the search results in a .csv file.
  • Create a Device Group that includes all the devices that are listed in the search results.
  • View the search criteria and either search again or request a data refresh.