Searching for WBS Tasks

Any Program Central user can search for WBS tasks. The search results shows only the tasks that you have access to, which includes:

  • tasks in any project you are a member of, including those you are a member of because you belong to a group or role that is assigned to the project
  • tasks in all projects in your company that are set to company visibility
  • all tasks for which you are an assignee
  • tasks in project concepts that you have access to
  • tasks in project templates for your company

  1. From the global toolbar, click > Program > Tasks.



  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.

    Name. The name of the task. To view a task's properties, click the name.

    Description. The description of the task.

    Owner. The owner of the task.

    Task Assignee. The person(s) assigned to the task.

  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.