Associating entities with services using filter criteria

A method comprising:

• causing display of a graphical user interface (GUI) enabling a user to specify filter criteria for identifying one or more entity definitions;
• maintaining the filter criteria in association with a service definition in response to user input;
• applying the filter criteria to identify one or more entity definitions satisfying the filter criteria;
• associating the identified one or more entity definitions with the service definition;
• wherein the service definition represents a service provided by one or more entities each having a representative entity definition comprising an identification of machine data pertaining to the entity, and wherein the service definition has an associated key performance indicator (KPI) defined by a search query that derives a value indicating a measure of the service from machine data identified by one or more entity definitions associated with the service definition;
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• wherein the method is performed by one or more processing devices.

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processing device coupled with the memory to:
• cause display of a graphical user interface (GUI) enabling a user to specify filter criteria for identifying one or more entity definitions;
• maintain the filter criteria in association with a service definition in response to user input;
• apply the filter criteria to identify one or more entity definitions satisfying the filter criteria;
• associate the identified one or more entity definitions with the service definition;
• wherein the service definition represents a service provided by one or more entities each having a representative entity definition comprising an identification of machine data pertaining to the entity, and wherein the service definition has an associated key performance indicator (KPI) defined by a search query that derives a value indicating a measure of the service from machine data identified by one or more entity definitions associated with the service definition.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoding instructions thereon that, in response to execution by one or more processing devices, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

• causing display of a graphical user interface (GUI) enabling a user to specify filter criteria for identifying one or more entity definitions;
• maintaining the filter criteria in association with a service definition in response to user input;
• applying the filter criteria to identify one or more entity definitions satisfying the filter criteria;
• associating the identified one or more entity definitions with the service definition;
• wherein the service definition represents a service provided by one or more entities each having a representative entity definition comprising an identification of machine data pertaining to the entity, and wherein the service definition has an associated key performance indicator (KPI) defined by a search query that derives a value indicating a measure of the service from machine data identified by one or more entity definitions associated with the service definition;
• and
• wherein the operations are performed by one or more processing devices.