Searching

When entering values in dialog boxes, the page often includes an ellipsis button that allows you to search for the value. Search pages also let you use the ellipsis button to search for the value of a field to use as search criteria for the original searched-for object.

The fields you see depend on the type of object you are searching for. For more detailed help in searching for a type of object:

  1. Click the ellipsis button for the field.


    Search

  2. Enter criteria for any of these attributes; you can use wildcards and enter multiple values (separated by commas) in any text field:

    Type. Click the ellipsis button and select the needed type. If you change the type, the values available for the Policy field are updated to list only those policies that support the selected type.

    Owner. Enter the name of the person who owns the object, or click the ellipsis button to select that person.

    Originator. Enter the name of the person who created the object, or click the ellipsis button to select that person.

    Title. Enter the title of the object.

    Name. Enter the name of the object.

    Policy. To select a specific policy:

    1. Click the ellipsis button. Some objects only support a single policy.
    2. Click the needed policy.
    3. Click . If you change the policy, the values available for the Current field are updated to list the states in the selected policy.

    Vault. Click to specify the vault in which to search.

    Description. Enter all or part (using wildcards) of the text in the description field.

    Revision. Enter a specific revision level, or check the needed box:


    • Highest. Searches for the most current revision of the object
    • By State. Searches for the current revision in the selected state.

    State. Restricts the search to objects in a specific lifecycle state.

    Originated. To search for objects created within a specified time frame:

    1. Click the ellipsis button.

    2. Select a comparison operator from the drop-down list: = (equals), > (greater than), < (less than), or Between.
    3. For all operators except Between, select a date from the first calendar field.

      For Between, select a date for both calendar fields.

    4. Click .

    Modified. Click the ellipsis button to specify the date range to search for objects modified within a specific date range. This field works the same as Originated.

  3. Use the Limit to text box to specify how many items should be shown in the search results. For example, if you limit the results to 50, the system will get only the first 50 items from the database that match your criteria. The maximum is by default 1000, but may vary depending on your installation setup.

  4. Choose whether to run a case sensitive search (check box at top) or a case insensitive search. If you clear or check this box, the ENOVIA system remembers that and uses the same choice for subsequent searches.

  5. Click Search. The bottom of the page displays the results that meet your criteria.

    For each object that matches the search criteria, the results list these details:

    Name. The name of the object. Click the name to view the Properties page for the object.

    Revision. The revision level.

    Type. The object type .

    State. The current lifecycle state for the object.

    Description. A description of the object.

  6. In the Name column, click the button for the needed object. Some search pages allow you to select multiple objects; other pages restrict you to a single object.

  7. Click Submit.