Organizing resources into groups by assigning labels

Labels identify resources so you can organize them into groups. After labeling your resources, you can quickly view them by searching on the labels.

Prerequisites

Required privileges: Edit privileges for the resource

To learn how to use labels to organize resources into groups, see the following topics:

Adding a new label to a resource

From the main menumain menu, select the resource, and then select the resource instance you want to label.
Select Labels from the view selector.
Select the icon.
Follow these guidelines to create a label name:
- Labels are not case sensitive, but are displayed as entered.
- Labels must be alphanumeric and a maximum of 80 characters. Labels can contain spaces.
Click Add.

The new labels are shown.
Click OK to add the labels to this resource.

Adding an existing label to a resource

From the main menumain menu, select the resource category, and then select the resource instance you want to label.
Select Labels from the view selector.
Select the icon.
Determine if you want to search for all labels or for a specific label.
- To search for all labels for this resource type, click . Scroll through the list to find the label you want.
- To search for a specific label, in the Name box, enter an existing label name or a portion of the name, and then click .
Select the existing label and click Add.
Click OK to add the label to the resource.

Removing a label from a resource

From the main menumain menu, select the resource, and then select the resource instance from which you want to remove a label.
Select Labels from the view selector.
Select the icon.
Click the Delete icon for the label you want to remove from this resource.
Click OK to remove the label from the resource.

Searching for resources by label

Click in the Smart Search box and enter labels: followed by the label name.

TIP: Enter complete words or names as your search criteria. Partial words or names might not return the expected results.

To search for a label with a space, enter the label name in quotes. For example, labels:”Asia Pacific Division”.

Determine if you want to search for a specific label for the resource type, or search for a label across all resource types.
- To search for a label for a specific resource type:
  1. Select the Scope for the resource type.
  2. Press Enter.
    
    The resources that share that label are shown.
- To search for a label across all resource types:
  1. Select Everything for the Scope.
  1. Press Enter.
    
    A search results page lists the top matches for all resource types.
  2. Click on a resource instance (a hyperlink) on the results page to go to that resource.
    
    The Overview view for the resource is shown.

View resources by label

On most screens, you can filter the view of resource instances based on their label.

The default filter is All labels, which shows all resource instances.

To filter the view based on a specific label or labels, select the label or labels from the Labels menu. All resource instances with those labels are shown.

To clear selected label filters, select All labels.


	NOTE: Up to 100 labels are shown for the resource. If you do not see the label you are looking for, see Searching resources using labels.

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