About the Paglo Search Index

The Paglo Search Index is the data repository for all of the data about your IT environment that your Paglo Crawler has gathered. Your data is stored in a secure and separate Search Index that no one has access to it but you. You can interact with your account via your Search Index by searching and analyzing your data in a variety of ways.

Your Search Index

Your network assets appear in general categories on the Home page of your Paglo Web account, populated by the data that your Paglo Crawler has discovered. Click any of the general categories to run a one-click search for a list of your network assets in that category. You can drill into the list for more details about any one asset.

Index summary

A summary of your Search Index appears on the Home page of your Paglo Web account, which shows the total volume of data that your Crawler has discovered so far, and when your Crawler sent the last piece of data that it found.

The Index Summary also shows the status of your Crawler configuration. If your Crawler is less than 100%, it provides hints about how to complete the configuration for optimal performance.

Searching your data

Your data is stored in both structured and unstructured formats in your Search Index. That means you can ask questions in plain English, and get answers in rich table and chart formats, as well as familiar text hit lists. You can access your indexed data by searching. You can search from any page in your Paglo Web account. Plus, you can run quick searches directly from your Crawler UI. Here are some hints to get what you are searching for:

Run a basic search using plain English words.
Search using wildcards and boolean operators and other juicy syntax.
Run searches that you saved previously.
Run saved searches that were shared by other users.
Run more structured queries using PQL, Paglo's SQL-like query language.

Structure

You can use Paglo easily without knowing anything about the structure of the Search Index. But for the curious, it can be described as a dual database that holds the same data in both structured and unstructured formats. This is what gives Paglo the flexiblity to store pieces of data that are related, such as the name and the IP address of an interface on a device. That means you can type in a simple search term like dell to get a list of Dell machines, or a more structured and complex query using PQL, the Paglo Query Language, a simple query language developed to extract information from the Search Index.

Secure Storage

Your Paglo Crawler stores your data in a discrete and unassailable location in a Search Index that only you have access to. When you log into your Paglo Web account, you get all the data that's yours, and only the data that's yours. And you're the only one who has access to it. Your login is the key to your data — no one else can see it unless or until you invite them to be a user of your account. For more information, see Security.