Filter bar

The Global Filter Bar appears at the top of every view in the N|Solid Console and controls what each view shows. Use it to search your data, set a date range, save filters for later, and create alerts that trigger when processes match your criteria.

Global Filter Bar basics

By default, the Filter Bar matches all processes (the Filter by: field is empty) at the current point in time (no date range is selected).

The Filter Bar narrows the contents of the view shown below it. In this example, the results are restricted to a single application:

When multiple filters are present, they're combined with AND, so the results include only processes that match all criteria. This example shows all processes of one application that have more than 5 MB of JavaScript heap used:

Select a date range to query historical data. With no date range, the results include only currently connected N|Solid processes. With a date range, the results include every process matching the filter that was alive during that time, whether or not it's still connected.

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When you use the date range selector, the results may contain a mixture of dead and live processes.

Using the filter modal

Selecting filters

Click the Filter Bar (placeholder Type Filter) to open a list of suggested filters. You can also type the name of any N|Solid data point.

Select a filter to open its filter modal. For text fields, click a value under All … (for example, All Application Names) to add it to the filter.

You can add several values of the same field to OR them. Values listed under Include processes with any of the following … are included in the results; values that remain in the list below aren't. Click Set Filter to apply the filter, or remove every value and click Delete Filter to remove it.

Start typing in the search box to narrow the list to matching values.

For numeric fields, choose Over or Under, enter a value (with a unit such as MB or Seconds where applicable), and click Set Filter.

The results include any process with at least one matching record, combined with the rest of the Filter Bar and date range settings.

Using the date range tool

When you query historical data, the date range tool shows which dates have data available. Select the dates, adjust the start and end times, and click Done to set the range.

Use Quick Presets to select a recent range with one click: Last 5 minutes, Last 15 minutes, Last 30 minutes, Last 1 hour, Last 3 hours, Last 6 hours, Last 12 hours, or Last 24 hours.

Saving filters

Click the icon to open the Save Custom Filter panel. Save the current filter as a custom filter to recall it later or to attach alerts to it.

Each entry in the Custom Filters list has four icons on the right:

• Load (arrow icon) loads the custom filter into the Filter Bar.
• Edit (pencil icon) switches to edit mode, where you can rename the filter or change its parameters. Click Update Filter to save your changes.
• Actions (box icon) creates actions, such as alerts, that run whenever a process remains in this filter.
• Delete (trash can icon) deletes the custom filter.

Creating actions

Click the Actions icon and then Create New Action to add an action to a custom filter.

The available action types are Slack, Microsoft Teams, Pager Duty, Email, Webhook, Heap Snapshot, CPU Profile, Heap Sampling, Heap Profile, and Trace. Each type has its own settings.

You can reuse actions you've already created in other custom filters, so you can route several filters to the same endpoints.

Custom filters with actions show additional icons that let you view and change the actions configured for that filter.

Click an action icon to see the full set of configured actions.

In the Actions modal, set the Action Delay (15 Seconds, 30 Seconds, 45 Seconds, or 1 Minute) and the Action Interval (1 Minute, 5 Minutes, 1 Hour, 6 Hours, or 24 Hours) for the filter's actions. In this example, a process must match the filter continuously for 30 seconds before the alert triggers. After it triggers, it doesn't trigger again for 5 minutes.

Filter history

Your recent filters are available in the Filter History panel, so you can recall or save a filter you found useful.

The icons on the right of each entry let you Load the filter into the Filter Bar or Delete it from the history.

Click Save filter on a history entry to save it as a custom filter, so you can recall it later or attach alerts to it.