6.5.1

Refresh Data
You must manually refresh the data in the vSphere Web Client to see changes made to objects by other users
during your session.
For performance reasons, the vSphere Web Client does not continuously refresh data on all objects in the
inventory. All changes that you make during your current session are immediately reected in the client
user interface. Change made by other users or in other sessions are not reected until you manually refresh
the data.
Procedure
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To update all data in the current vSphere Web Client view, click the refresh icon ( ).
The client view is updated. The date and time of the last refresh are displayed next to the refresh icon.
Searching the Inventory
With vSphere Web Client, you can search the inventory for objects that match specied criteria. You can
search the inventories of all vCenter Server systems connected to the same Platform Services Controller or to
Platform Services Controllers.
You can only view and search for inventory objects that you have permission to view.
N If your permissions change while you are logged in, the search service might not immediately
recognize these changes. To ensure that your search is performed with up-to-date permissions, log out of all
your open sessions and log in again before you perform the search.
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Perform a Quick Search on page 29
A quick search checks all types of objects for the specied search term within the name or other
properties of the object.
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Perform a Simple Search on page 30
A simple search checks all types of objects for a specied search term within the object name.
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Perform an Advanced Search on page 30
With Advanced search, you can search for managed objects that meet multiple criteria.
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Save a Search on page 31
You can save search queries so that you can retrieve them to rerun later.
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Load a Saved Search on page 31
You can load a saved search query to rerun the search.
Perform a Quick Search
A quick search checks all types of objects for the specied search term within the name or other properties
of the object.
Procedure
1 Type the search term in the search box at the top right of the client window.
Multiple search terms in a quick or simple search are treated as if they are connected by ORs. For
example, searching for example machine nds all objects with names containing either "example" or
"machine".
The search results appear below the search box as you type. The number of items displayed is limited to
10.
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