Running a Search

You search to find objects in Requirements Central. You can limit search results by specifying search criteria. From the results, you can select one or multiple objects, depending on the context.

If your system is configured to use indexed search, see Running an Advanced Search (Navigation Mode) or Running an Advanced Search (Form Mode) for help.

  1. From the global toolbar, click Search > Requirements. Then select the type of object to search for, such as Requirements, Requirement Specifications, or Use Cases.

    Or

    Click next to the field in the page where you need to search for objects.

    Or

    From the page Actions menu or page toolbar, click Add Existing if you are adding an existing object to the a list of objects.



  2. Enter criteria as needed. You can use wildcards and enter multiple values (separated by commas or line breaks) in any text field. Depending on your installation setup, you may see additional or fewer fields:

    Type. Click to change the type shown in the text box. If you change the type, the values available for the Policy field are updated to list only those policies that support the selected type.

    Name. The name of the object. You can use leading characters.

    Revision. The revision of the object. You can check Highest or By State.

    Owner. Click to specify the name of the person who owns the object.

    Policy. Click to specify the policy of the object.

    State. Click to specify the state of the object.

    Originator. Click to specify the name of the person who created to object.

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

    Originated. Click to specify the date on which the object was created.

    Title. Enter the title of the object, which can be different from the name.

    Modified. Click to specify the date on which the object was last modified

  3. 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.

    Title. The descriptive identifier of the object.

    State. The current lifecycle state for the object.

    Priority. How important the object is: low, medium, or high priority.

    Difficulty. How difficult the object would be to implement: low, medium, or high.

    Classification. The general category of the object.

    Customer. The customer for whom the object will be implemented.

    Owner. The name of the person who owns the object

    Parent Specifications. The specification associated with the object.

    Click to view the Properties page for the object in a separate window.

  4. To save the search criteria:

    1. Click > Save As.
    2. Enter a name for the search, or select an existing search to overwrite it.
    3. Click Done.

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

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


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

    See Working with Collections.

    To clear all criteria fields, click Reset. To clear a single field, click (Reset) next to the field.