> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-posture-management/cases-and-issues/investigation-and-response/quick-launcher.md).

# Quick Launcher

The Quick Launcher provides a quick, in-context shortcut that you can use to search for information, perform common investigation tasks, or initiate actions.

The **Quick Launcher** provides a quick, in-context shortcut that you can use to search for information, perform common investigation tasks, or initiate response actions from any place in Cortex Cloud. The tasks that you can perform with the **Quick Launcher** include:

* Search for host, username, IP address, domain, filename, filepath, timestamp to easily launch the artifact and assets views.

  <div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="info" class="hint hint-info"><h3>Note</h3><p>For hosts, Cortex Cloud displays results for exact matches but supports the use of wildcard (<strong><code>*</code></strong>) which changes the search to return matches that contain the specified text. For example, a search of <strong><code>compy-7*</code></strong> will return any hosts beginning with <strong><code>compy-7</code></strong> such as <strong><code>compy-7000</code></strong>, <strong><code>compy-7abc</code></strong>, and so forth.</p></div>
* Search the **Asset Inventory** for a specific asset name or IP address. In addition, the following actions are available when searching for Asset Inventory data.
  * **Change search to \<host name of asset>** to display additional actions related to that host. This option is only relevant when searching for an IP address that is connected to an asset.
  * **Open in Asset Inventory** is a pivot available when the host name of an asset is selected.
* Begin **Go To** mode. Enter forward slash (**/**) followed by your search string to filter and navigate to Cortex Cloud pages. For example, **`/ rules`** searches for all pages that include **`rules`** and allows you to navigate to those pages. Select **`Esc`** to exit Go To mode.
* Add a processes by SHA256 hash to the allow list or block list
* Add domains or IP addresses to the EDL block list
* Create a new IOC for an IP address, domain, hash, filename, or filepath
* Isolate an endpoint
* Open a terminal to a given endpoint
* Initiate a malware scan on an endpoint

You can open the **Quick Launcher** by clicking the **Quick Launcher** icon located in the top navigation bar, or from the application menus, or by using the default keyboard shortcut: **`Ctrl-Shift+X`** on Windows or **`CMD+Shift+X`** on macOS. To change the default keyboard shortcut, select Settings → Configurations → General → Server Settings → **Keyboard Shortcuts**. The shortcut value must be a keyboard letter, A through Z, and cannot be the same as the **Artifact and Asset Views** defined shortcut.

You can also prepopulate searches in Quick Launcher by selecting text in the app or selecting a node in the Causality or Timeline Views.


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