Search Fields Overview
Gain full control over your integration landscape with the Nodinite Search Fields Overview. This page shows you how to manage, edit, delete, restore, and filter Search Fields for powerful correlation and end-to-end tracking—on-premise, hybrid, and in the cloud.
- ✅ Instantly filter and find any Search Field
- ✅ Quickly spot and resolve configuration issues
- ✅ Add, edit, delete, or restore Search Fields with ease
- ✅ Achieve end-to-end tracking and business correlation
What You Will Learn
- How to use the Search Fields Overview to manage all Search Fields
- How to filter, sort, and troubleshoot Search Fields
- How to resolve configuration warnings and restore deleted fields
Understanding the Search Fields Section
A Search Field is a business value, such as "Order Number", that users search for in Log Views. Administrators define it here, add one or more Search Field Expressions that extract the value from each Message Type, and the Logging Service fills it in for every logged Log Event. Business users then search on it; the end-user side is described in Find an order by Order Id and Search in a Log View.
Diagram: how the pages in this section fit together. Start with the concept (blue), configure with the editor or the wizard (orange), look up expression syntax in the reference pages (teal), and use the values where users search (green).
| Page | Read it when you want to… |
|---|---|
| What is a Search Field? | Understand the concept, Search Field Links, and re-indexing |
| Add or manage Search Field | Create or change a Search Field, its expressions, links, and re-index |
| How to use the Search Field Wizard | Create a Search Field straight from a logged message |
| Search Field Expressions | Learn how expressions run and choose a plugin |
| Formula | Combine, transform, count, or look up values |
| Allowed XPath expressions | Check which XPath syntax the XPath plugins accept |
Search Fields List and Filtering
The Search Fields Overview displays all user-defined Search Fields. You can quickly narrow down the list by typing in the filter text box, or by picking a Data Type.
Example of the Search Fields Overview displaying all configured Search Fields.
Spot and Resolve Configuration Warnings
Search Fields with configuration problems are listed with a Warning icon. User action is required to resolve the issue.
Example of Search Fields with configuration warnings requiring immediate attention.
- Incomplete:
- One or more Message Types no longer exist (Deleted)
- No Message Type is set for a Search Field Expression, or the Expression Type is set as deleted
If a Message Type is deleted but still referenced by a Search Field Expression, you must alter or remove the expression from the Search Field.
Manage Search Fields: Actions
You can perform the following actions directly from the overview:
- Add a new Search Field
- Edit existing Search Field
- Delete Search Field
- Restore deleted Search Field
- Filter the list of Search Fields
- Sort
Add a new Search Field
Click the "Add Search Field" button to open the Search Field editor. To create one straight from a logged message instead, use the Search Field Wizard.
Example of the 'Add Search Field' button in the Search Fields Overview.
Edit Search Field
Click the link in the Name column or use the "Actions" button and select "Edit" to update an existing Search Field.
Example of clicking the 'Edit' menu item to edit an existing Search Field.
Delete Search Field
Open the "Actions" menu and select "Delete" to remove a Search Field. Deleting is a soft delete: the Search Field can be restored, and the change is recorded in the Log Audits.
Example of clicking the 'Delete' menu item to delete a Search Field.
Restore Deleted Search Field
Check the Include deleted Search Field box to include deleted fields in the list (see Show deleted records). Then use the "Actions" menu and select "Restore".
Example of clicking the 'Restore' menu item to restore a deleted Search Field.
Next Steps
Related Topics
- Search Fields
- Search Field Expressions
- Formula
- Allowed XPath expressions
- BizTalk Message Id - A Search Field Link example
- Log Views
- Log Views - Overview
- Log Management
- Repository Model
- Non-Events Monitoring - Track message volumes, thresholds, and patterns using Search Field data
- Business Process Modeling (BPM) - Correlate transactions across process steps using Search Fields for business identifiers
- Log Event Processing - Understand how Message Types determine which Search Field Expressions extract your business data
- HideSearchFieldValuesInLogViews - Hide Search Field values that a Log View doesn't include
- Show deleted records
- Log Audit Search
- Find an order by Order Id - How business users search on a Search Field