Search

Search is a quick and easy way to find content in your IBM® Cognos® Analytics with Watson application.

You can search for items such as dashboards, stories, data modules, reports, folders, and so on. You can also search for table or column labels, XML report specifications, URL items, shortcuts, templates, and more. Search doesn't return results for content that's archived, but you can access archived content from a report that's listed in one of your folders.

The search box is located in the application bar, as shown in the following screen capture:

To find items, type the search terms (keywords, phrases, strings), and click the Enter key. After the search results are listed, you can save your search by clicking the Save search button. If your search returns too many results, you can click the filter icon , and select the options that you want. The filter option is only available after you do an initial search. The filters are saved with the search.

From the search results page, you can initiate actions on the returned items. If you select multiple items (by clicking their check boxes), the related actions that are available for all or at least one item are shown in the actions toolbar, above the search results.

To view the actions for a specific item, select the checkbox for this item (all other items must be deselected), and click its Action menu icon . The actions that are available for the selected item are shown. For example, the following screen capture shows actions for a report.

For more information, see Content view.