Searching for Business Units

You can search for business units within a company. A business unit is an operating unit that is owned by a parent company or a subsidiary. Each business unit can have several departments and locations within the corporate structure. Organization Managers for the parent company or subsidiary can add, edit, and remove business units.

  1. From the global toolbar, click > Program > Business Units.



  2. Enter search criteria as needed to narrow the search:

    You can click Reset at any time to clear all criteria fields.

    Type. The type defaults to the item type you are working on.

    Name. Enter all or part of the name. Use the * wildcard to represent any number of characters. The search is case-sensitive so make sure you use the correct case. If you don't want to search by name, leave the * wildcard in the box.

    Revision. Type the revision level of the item. Or click Latest to get the last revision.

    Owner. Click to select the owner. See Running a Search.

    Policy. Click and then click * to select all policies or click a specific policy from the list. When finished making your selection, click .

    State. Click and then click * to select all states or click a specific state from the list. When finished making your selection, click .

    Originator. Click to select the originator of the item. See Running a Search.

    Vault. Click to limit the search to specific vaults. See Selecting a Vault.

    Originated. To filter by the item's originated date, click . First select an argument from the left box (On, On or After, On or Before, Between) and then click the icon to select the date(s). When finished making your selections, click .

    Title. Enter all or part of the title. You may use * as a wildcard.

    Modified. To filter by the item's modified date, click . First select an argument from the left box (On, On or After, On or Before, Between) and then click the icon to select the date(s). When finished making your selections, click .

  3. In the Limit to field, you can enter the number of search results to display. The default is 100. 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.

  4. Click Search.

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

    Business Unit Name. The name of the business unit. To view the properties of a business unit, click its name.

    Organization Id. The organization ID for the business unit.

    DUNS Number. The DUNS number for the business unit.

  5. To save the search criteria, including the Type and Attribute selections:

    1. Click > Save As.
    2. Enter a name for the search.
    3. Click Done.

  6. To re-execute a saved search, click and click the name of the search.

  7. To add selected items to a collection, click Collections, and then click:


    • Add to Clipboard Collection adds the items to your clipboard collection.
    • New / Add to Collections opens the Select Collection form. See Working with Collections.