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How to find a device

This guide shows you how to locate a device in Inventory so you can inspect its current state, review its audit history, or prepare a follow-up action such as tagging, scheduling, or running a Tool.

Prerequisites

  • The device has been discovered and audited at least once — only audited devices appear in Inventory.
  • You have access to the site that owns the device.

Steps

You can reach a device in four ways. Pick the path that matches what you already know.

Option A — Quick search from the header

  1. Click the search box in the top header bar (or press / on any page) to open the Command Palette.
  2. Type the device name, NetBIOS name, DNS name, IP address, or MAC address.
  3. Select the matching result to open the device form on the General tab.

Option B — Drill down from the Inventory landing page

  1. Navigate to Inventory.
  2. The landing page groups device types into four sections: Devices, AWS, Azure, Google. Toggle Show empty if you want to see all categories regardless of device count.
  3. Click the card for the type you want — for example Windows computers, Printers, or EC2 instances. The grid for that type opens.
  4. Use the in-grid Filter items search box, sort columns, or open the Customize View panel to narrow the list.
  5. Click the device's Name to open its form.

Option C — Drill down from a Dashboard widget

  1. Navigate to Dashboard.
  2. Click any donut slice or list row in a widget — for example a slice of Devices by audit date or a row of Devices not audited in the last N days.
  3. The Inventory grid opens with a pre-applied filter that matches the slice you clicked.
  4. Click the device row to open its form.

Option D — Drill down from a Segment's Scan Results

  1. Navigate to Network > Segments and click the segment name to open its Open view.
  2. The main grid lists scan results. Use the chip-row sub-filter — All / New nodes / Inventory — to scope the list.
  3. Click the device row to open its form.

Verify

After the device form opens you should see:

  • The four tabs across the top — General, Details, Audit, Change history (or Printer supplies in place of Details for SNMP printers).
  • A header strip with the device name plus controls — Tools, trash, copy, up/down record navigation, close.

Use the up/down arrows in the header to step through adjacent rows of the grid you came from, without returning to the list.

Tips

  • The default Inventory grid cap is 1,000 records. If you see a yellow banner about top-1000 records, narrow the view with column filters before clicking Load all.
  • Save a filtered grid as a personal or shared view via the Customize View panel. See How to create a custom view.