PAN-OS 12.1.2 and later

• Launch Global Find by clicking the Search icon located on the upper right of the web interface.

• To access the Global Find from within a configuration area, click the drop-down next to an item and select Global Find:

  For example, click Global Find on a zone named LAN to search the candidate configuration for each location where the zone is referenced.

  The Optimized Search Results dialog provides the following options:

  • Search UUIDs: Use this option to perform targeted search exclusively for UUIDs.
  • Include Template References: Use this option to perform targeted search exclusively for template references.
  • Optimized Search: Use this option to prioritize search results based on admin usage patterns. The system returns the most relevant results in batches. This substantially reduces overall search times.

  Search tips:

  • If you initiate a search on a firewall that has multiple virtual systems enabled or if custom administrative role types are defined, Global Find will only return results for areas of the firewall in which the administrator has permissions. The same applies to Panorama device groups.
  • Spaces in search terms are handled as AND operations. For example, if you search on corp policy, the search results include instances where corp and policy exist in the configuration.
  • To find an exact phrase, enclose the phrase in quotation marks.
  • Enter no more than five keywords or use an exact phrase match with quotation marks.
  • To rerun a previous search, click Search (located on the upper right of the web interface) to see a list of the last 20 searches. Click an item in the list to rerun that search. Search history is unique to each administrator account.
  • To search for a UUID, you must copy and paste the UUID.