Searching for an Object in Global Search Returns Error of Unable to Expand Object Path

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

Global search is not working when the search is initiated from Object Browser and the searched object is a Virtual Machine.

Environment

Aria Operations 8.16.x
Aria Operations 8.17.x

Cause

The Object Browser window is limited to show 1000 items.

Resolution

This issue is resolved in version 8.18.

You can click the "double arrow icon" next to Object Browser to switch to the hierarchy view and perform the search again.