Find a computer in Sophos Enterprise Console

You can search for a computer or computers in Sophos Enterprise Console by:

  • Computer name
  • Computer description
  • IP address
  1. To find a computer, do either of the following:
    • Press CTRL+F.
    • On the Edit menu, click Find a Computer.
    • Click anywhere in the computer list, right-click, and then click Find a Computer.
  2. In the Find dialog box, enter your search criteria.
    The Find what field is not case sensitive. Trailing wildcards are implicit.

    You can use the wildcards * and ?

    For example:

    Search criteria

    Search results
    UKlapt

    Finds any string beginning with “uklapt”, for example, UKlaptop-011, UKlaptop-155, uklaptop132.

    Ukla*

    Finds any string beginning with “ukla”. The wildcard is not needed as it is there implicitly; search returns the same results as in the previous example, UKlaptop-011, UKlaptop-155, uklaptop132.

    *ukla

    Finds any string containing “ukla”, for example, UKlaptop-011, 055uklax, 056-Dukla-sales.

    Ukl*t

    Finds any string beginning with “ukl”, containing a “t”, and ending with any character, for example, UKlaptop-011, ukLite55.

    ?klap

    Finds any string beginning with any single character followed by “klap” and ending with any character, for example, UKlaptop-011, uklapland33.

    UKl??t

    Finds any string beginning with “ukl”, followed by two characters, followed by “t”, and ending with any character, for example, UKlaptop-011, uklist101.