View filtering with 2 or more filters along with custom tag filter fails to remove objects having 'null' custom attribute value.

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

Issue with View while adding any filter/property in conjunction with custom tag filter.

Example:

Creating a list view with Custom Tag property along with property like Power State 'Powered On' (with AND), the filter incorrectly shows VM objects having 'null' custom attribute value.

Environment

Aria Operation 8.x

Cause

By design, view filter doesn't exclude objects having 'null' value of custom attribute in conjunction with other filter/property.

Resolution

In case of 'null' value of custom attributes, add additional filter(Summary|Custom Tag) with "exists" condition.

Steps to add additional filter in conjunction(with AND):

• Create a list view under Visualize.
• While adding 2 or more filters, use property "Summary|Custom Tag" with "exists" condition before custom tag filter.

This should allow the filter to exclude VM object with 'null' value in View.