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Search parsed records from Hunt or from a case.

Hunt searches the Elasticsearch index built during processing. Open it from the sidebar or from a case.

Open Hunt

  • Sidebar: Hunt (/UI/hunt/search).
  • Case: Investigation Hub → Start Hunting. That link scopes Hunt to the current case.

The scope control defaults to All cases. Pick one case to limit the search.

Two views

ViewUse it to
Dashboard viewChart the current query.
Table viewInspect rows, add columns, tag records, and create findings.

Toolbar actions:

  • Save and Saved Searches
  • View Search
  • @timestamp search box
  • Table view / Dashboard view

See Dashboard view and Table view.

Hunt dashboard view

Hunt table view

Typical first hunt

  1. Process at least one package on a case.
  2. Click Start Hunting on that case, or open Hunt and select the case.
  3. Switch to Table view.
  4. Use Fields to add columns and Type to filter by data type.
  5. Click a row to open record details. Click a value in the detail panel to pivot.
  6. Select rows, then Tag selected records or Add to findings.
  7. Use Download to export the current table.

Apply view uses the primary fields configured in Settings → Hunting.

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