Managing favorites

When troubleshooting, you often browse for the same event types multiple times. For example, you select the subscriptions M3:MITMAS, EventAnalytics:TimeCorrelation, EventAnalytics:M3BEBOD, and M3BODProcessor:SyncItemMaster. Then, you specify a start time, a time span, and optionally filtering criteria. You might do this several times, for example, every time you open a new Portal session or a new Event Hub tab, which can be laborious.

You can save selected subscriptions, start time, time span, and filtering criteria as favorites. You can save multiple favorites. Favorites are personal and are saved in the browser's local storage. You can download and upload favorites if you change computer, share your favorites, or use an incognito browser.

A simplified user dialog is used to manage favorites. There are no confirmation prompts when overwriting or deleting favorite data to keep the number of clicks required down.

Adding a favorite

  1. Click the Favorites button to open the Favorites dialog box.
  2. Specify a name for the favorite.
  3. Click the Save button to save the favorite and close the Favorites dialog box.
    A filled star icon indicates that a favorite is in use.
    Note: You can only save a favorite if at least one subscription is selected, a valid start time is specified, and optional valid filtering criteria are specified.

Selecting a favorite

  1. Click the Favorites button to open the Favorites dialog box.
  2. Select a favorite in the Name field.
  3. Click the Select button to select the favorite and close the Favorites dialog box.
    The subscriptions, start time, time span, and filtering criteria for the selected favorite are automatically populated. A filled star icon indicates that a favorite is in use.
    Note: If you change the selected subscriptions or filtering criteria, the Favorites button changes to an outlined star icon, which indicates that the selected favorite is no longer in use. You can change the start time and time span when using a favorite. Update the favorite to save the updated start time and time span.

Deselecting a favorite

  1. Click the Favorites button to open the Favorites dialog box.
    The name of the selected favorite is displayed.
  2. Select the blank name in the Name field.
  3. Click Select to deselect the favorite and close the Favorites dialog box.
    An outlined star icon indicates that no favorite is in use.
    Note: The selected subscriptions, start time, time span or filtering criteria are not changed.

Updating a favorite

  1. Update the selected subscriptions, start time, time span, or filtering criteria.
  2. Click the Favorites button to open the Favorites dialog box.
  3. Select the favorite to update in the Name field.
  4. Optionally, specify a new name to create a new favorite.
  5. Click the Save button to update or create the favorite and close the Favorites dialog box.
    A filled star icon indicates that a favorite is in use.

Deleting a favorite

  1. Click the Favorites button to open the Favorites dialog box.
    The name of the selected favorite is displayed.
  2. Optionally, select another favorite to delete.
  3. Click the Delete button to delete the favorite and close the Favorites dialog box.
    An outlined star icon indicates that no favorite is in use.
    Note: The selected subscriptions, start time, time span, or filtering criteria are not changed. When you use an incognito browser, local storage is deleted when the browser is closed. You must download and then upload your favorites to keep them between browser sessions.

Downloading favorites

  1. Click the Favorites button to open the Favorites dialog box.
  2. Click the Show More link to show the section for downloading and uploading favorites.
  3. Click the Download favorites button to download all favorites to a file. You cannot download individual favorites.
  4. Select a location and specify a file name for the file. Use the JSON file type.
  5. Click the Save button to download the file. If the favorites are changed, then the file is not updated.
  6. Click the X button to close the Favorites dialog box.

Uploading favorites

  1. Click the Favorites button to open the Favorites dialog box.
  2. Click the Show More link to show the section for downloading and uploading favorites.
  3. Open a separate File Explorer or Finder window and locate the JSON file that contains the downloaded favorites.
  4. Drag the file from the File Explorer or Finder window and drop it into the drag-and-drop area of the Favorites dialog box. Alternatively, you can click the upload favorites link, select the file, and click the Open button. Select one file.
    The file is uploaded and all favorites are replaced from the file. A window shows in the lower half of the page. The favorites are not replaced if the uploaded file is invalid.
  5. Click the X button to close the Favorites dialog box.