Finding Devices Fast

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Need to find a device fast? Let's dive into device search in the Gopher for Chrome app. Device search is your go-to for quickly locating devices.

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Click Device Search in the left menu. Your full device list loads instantly. To narrow the list of devices, click add a filter at the top left.

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Select a filter type from the drop-down, then enter your search term. Even one character can work, and hit Apply. Add more filters if you need to narrow the device list.

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This means you can only use each filter type once per search. Here's a tip. If you start typing directly into the filter field without selecting a filter type first, A drop-down will appear, prompting you to choose a type.

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Click on a filter to edit its parameters, or click the X to remove the filter. To dive deeper, click the View icon to open a single device's summary.

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The device summary gives you a complete hardware and OS breakdown, and by clicking Edit, you can quickly update fields such as asset ID, annotated user, or location on the fly.

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Want to customize your view? To show or hide columns, click the columns tab at the left. The columns with a pencil icon are editable fields, which you can edit directly in the grid or via the device summary.

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Click on a column heading to sort, click again to reverse order. For those non-editable columns, hover over any column header and click the menu icon that appears.

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You can then pin a column to the left or right, autosize individual columns, or all of them, or reset columns to their default.

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need to manage your selection. The footer shows the number of devices selected with options to show selected only or deselect all at once.

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You can also use the page selector to navigate through your results with ease. It's that easy to browse and organize your devices just the way you like.