Manual Chapter :
Additional Information about BIG-IQ Centralized Management
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BIG-IQ Centralized Management
- 8.3.0, 8.2.0, 8.1.0, 8.0.0, 7.1.0
Additional Information about BIG-IQ Centralized Management
BIG-IQ navigation
and customization
BIG-IQ includes navigation, search tools, and a customizable user interface to
help you complete your tasks efficiently and find objects easily. The icons listed
here are displayed from left to right on most BIG-IQ screens.
- Menu Finder
To quickly locate a particular menu item, click the grid icon in the left corner of the screen and type a term in the field. This search is a simple text search. BIG-IQ displays links to all screens and on line help that contains that term anywhere in the string. - Customized system user preferences
You can specify the amount of time that passes before BIG-IQ logs you out when the system is idle, what default screen displays when you log back in, or change your password by clicking the arrow at the upper-right corner of the screen and selectUser Preferences. - Global search, related content, and preview pane
BIG-IQ has a robust and interactive global search feature that allows you to easily find a specific content and related content. From any screen, you can click the magnifying glass icon in the upper-right corner of the screen and type a search string. Search results are grouped by content type. From the results, you can click an object to go directly to that object's properties screen in BIG-IQ. - Product documentation, F5 modules for Ansible, and online help
To access BIG-IP, API, Ansible documentation, and F5 modules for Ansible, click the book icon in the upper-right corner of any screen. - Online help
To view the context-sensitive online help, click the question mark in the upper-right corner on any screen. - Filters
For each screen that contains a list, you can use a context-sensitive filter to search on a term, and then narrow your search further to view only those items that are relevant to you at the moment. For example, say you wanted to see local traffic and network audit logs. You can use the search on local traffic, and further refine what is displayed by filtering again on network audit logs. - Customized log in screenTo customize your log in screen for users (for example, if you want to provide special guidance or make sure all users see a certain message), you can navigate to , click theEditbutton and type your message (up to 8,192 characters) in theCustom Login Messagefield.
- Flexible access to objects and configuration optionsFor some objects, you can view and edit settings that are located in other places in the user interface, without having to stop what you're doing and navigate to another part of BIG-IQ. For example, you could be editing a firewall policy and find an address list in the toolbox that you want to look at. Right there, you can click the address to access the details, and then view or edit it as you want.You can also configure some types of objects from different places in BIG-IQ, depending on what your user role is or what work flow you're in. For example, you can create an access group from the Configuration area of BIG-IQ, as well as from the Devices area. This makes it convenient for you to access during other tasks you're doing in different areas of BIG-IQ.
- Customizing and sorting columns
You can customize the columns that display in each screen that has a list by clicking the gear icon at the top right side of the screen, next to the filter, hiding any information that isn't important to you. You can also rearrange columns by dragging and dropping them to a different location or sort objects by clicking the arrow at the top of a column. This helps you to focus on only those attributes that are relevant to you.
