Custom view filter does not result in preview when using "STARTS WITH" filter property.

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

• Using "STARTS WITH" filter in custom view fails to list objects starting with keyword specified.
• The error occurs when you attempt to view within inventory.
• If you access the View directly, it shows Preview is currently not available.
• When editing the view, you suddenly see that the only property options visible are:
  • VMware Aria Operations Generated Properties.
  • Policy

Errors in logs are similar to:

view-bridge.log
2025-01-26T22:28:00.204Z ERROR view-bridge 34239 [ops@4413 threadId="1790" threadName="ServerConnection on port 10000 Thread 22"] [com.vmware.vcops.bridge.plugin.server.ViewDataRetrieverServer.setExecInfoInResult] - 'STARTS_WITH' is not a recognized operation on String.
2025-01-26T22:28:00.204Z ERROR view-bridge 34239 [ops@4413 threadId="1790" threadName="ServerConnection on port 10000 Thread 22"] [com.vmware.vcops.bridge.plugin.server.ViewDataRetrieverServer.setExecInfoInResult] - SessionId: xxxxx::xxxxxx; UserId: xxxxxx; UserName: admin[5781] Function getView execution takes 27

Environment

Aria operations 8.18.x

Cause

Issue has been considered as Product defect.

Resolution

Issue will be fixed in VCF 9.0 release.

Broadcom is aware of this issue and a fix is being considered for a future version.

To work around this issue, use a different qualifier such as "contains".  For example:

Instead of: 

Virtual Machine > Properties > Summary|Guest Operating System|Hostname > Starts With > 'VM112233'

Use: 

Virtual Machine > Properties > Summary|Guest Operating System|Hostname > Contains > 'VM112233'