Select Add Existing from the page Actions menu
or toolbar.
Or
Click next to the field where you need to search
for a value.
Depending on how your system is configured, you may need to select
types or enter attribute values before any results are shown. In addition,
the configuration also controls whether or not the count values for attributes
and results display.
To switch to the form-based indexed search page, click Form
Based View. Not all advanced search pages include this button.
See Searching Using the Consolidated Search Form.
Not all search pages have this button.
To filter the results list based on a collection, select Collections
> and the name of the collection. The results list shows
only those objects in the selected collection that meet the criteria.
To filter the results list based on object type:
If your system includes Library Central, your page may show a
Library list below the Types list. Selecting libraries works the same
way as selecting types.
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Click a type name in the Types list. The Type list is updated to show
only the selected type and its children, and the results list is updated
to show only objects with that type. Selecting a type is the same as
searching for that specific type.
For example, if you click on DOCUMENTS, types that are not DOCUMENTS
or children of DOCUMENTS are removed from the list. If you then click
on Specification, the list removes all other children types of DOCUMENTS.
The check boxes show your choices.
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Click a child type to further narrow the list.
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Click a parent type to remove the child type criteria.
To filter the results list based on attribute values:
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Click an Attribute name.
If the attribute contains a range of values, a list box of values for
that attribute pops open and you can click the needed value(s).
The numbers after the value indicate how many objects have that value.
Some attributes allow you to select more than one value. Use shift-click
to select a range of values; use control-click to select individual values.
If the attribute contains numeric values (and there are many values),
a box opens where you select a compare operator (= equals, > greater
than, < less than, or between) and enter a value.
If the attribute contains dates (and there are many values) you can select
On, On or after, On or before, or Between and enter a value. Use the
calendar tool to enter date values. If there are fewer than a system-set
value (the default is 10), the values show as a list.
If the attribute contains yes/no values, click the option button for
Yes or No.
If the attribute includes a unit of measure, enter a value and select
the units.
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Click . The results are filtered
based on objects that have that value for that attribute. If you selected
a date range, a numeric range, or multiple values for an attribute, a
column for that attribute is added to the results table.
If you defined a custom view for the results table, the column is only
added if you had previously added it to the list of visible columns.
If not, the system adds it to the list of available columns and you can
edit your custom view to include it. See Designing Your Own Page Views for details.
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Continue selecting values for attributes as needed to filter the results
list.
The checked items at the top of the navigation list show the criteria
used to generate the results list, called a breadcrumb trail.
To search for specific text in any attribute of an object:
When using the search field, your results include all objects that have
that value for any attribute. For example, if you enter "Plastic*" in
the full-text search field, the system finds all objects that include
Plastic in any field. If you only want to find items that have a Material
Type of Plastic, then search specifically on that field.
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Type the keyword or text string in the Search box.
Your system has a minimum required number of characters (default is
3) when using a wildcard. For example, you can enter "Pro*" in the box,
but not "Pr*". Your Business Administrator may have increased or decreased
this minimum.
You cannot use a single wildcard character in a multiword query that
has spaces between the words unless the wildcard appears at the end of
the query. Use a second wildcard to balance the first wildcard. For example,
the queries "the cow jumped" and "the cow jumped*" are valid and the
queries "th* cow jumped" and "t*e cow jumped" are not valid.
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Click Search.
The results section is updated to show objects that contain that text
as any attribute value. The search is not case-sensitive and the results
include all matches based on pieces of the given string. Non-alphanumeric
characters are not recognized by the search engine.
If the searched-for text is found more than once for an object, a single
row presents the found data for that object (not a separate row for each
time the searched-for text is found), without indicating where the text
was found.
To sort the search results, click the arrow next to a column name.
Your ENOVIA platform has a threshold value set (default is 1000, but
your Business Administrator may have changed the value). If the results
exceed this threshold, the results are sorted over all pages; if the
results are less than this threshold, only the current page is sorted.
To change the number of rows in the search results, enter an integer
in the Page Size box and click the button next to it. The number after
that button indicates the maximum number you can enter.
To save the search criteria, including the Type and Attribute selections:
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Click > Save
As.
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Enter a name for the search, or select an existing search to overwrite
it.
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Click Done.
To re-execute a saved search, click and click the name of
the search.
To clear all search criteria, click Reset.
To add selected items to a collection, click Collections,
and then click:
Click Done.
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