Using search

You can search on items, entries, and categories using the left navigation, single edit, single edit simplified, or single and multi-edit with rich search screens.

From the left panel, to search you can either use Modules tab or Search tab.

Modules tab

In the Module tab, click to use the On-Demand Search.
  1. Specify the search keyword.
  2. Select Item Search or Category Search.
  3. Specify an option for the Search on field.
  4. Click to search.

Search tab

The Search tab displays the following:
  • New Search option
  • Recent Searches
  • Saved Searches
  • Search Templates
To create a new search, proceed as follows,
  1. From the left panel, click Search tab.
  2. Click New Search.
  3. Select Item Search or Category Search.
  4. In the Search for Items - New Item Search window, select the required catalog from the Search in Catalog list.
  5. In the Search within Categories section, specify one of the following option.
    • Any categories - The items matching the search criteria returned in the final result set exist in one or more of the categories.
    • In ALL categories - The items matching the search criteria returned in the final result set exist in all the categories.
  6. In the Search Attributes section, specify attribute, operator, value, or condition filters.
    Note: The And condition has a higher precedence than the Or condition. This means the And logical operation will be evaluated before an Or operation.
    Attention: Grouping of search predicate using parenthesis is not currently supported in the search user interface. Given this limitation and the fact that And operator has a higher precedence than Or operator, in order to define a search of the form (A or B) and C, you first need to do some transformations so parenthesis are not needed. Using this example, the search specification will be transformed to A and C or B and C. In this form parenthesis are not needed and therefore can be defined using the search user interface.
    The numeric attribute types that support the Between operator are the following:
    • Integer
    • Number
    • Number Enumeration
    • Sequence
    • Currency

    The Between operator does not support multi value search on a multi-occurrence attribute.

    For a hierarchy rich search in a product hierarchy or organization hierarchy module, the Between operator on level is not supported.

    Note: Attributes display just the attribute name, however, you can rollover the name to display the tooltip with the full path to help identify the attributes easier in the case of having more than one with the same name.
    Note: You can use the same attribute in two or more search criteria.
    Remember: The search attributes search based on the index type and environment configuration property. To include all specs in the search attributes, set the rich_search_indexed_only property to false in the common.properties file. To include only the index specs in the search attributes, set the rich_search_indexed_only property to true, in the common.properties file.
  7. In the Search Options section, specify Search Scope, Sort by, and Save Results preferences.
  8. Click Search.
    • To save the search criteria, click Save. Specify the name of the saved search and provide an optional description.
    • To save the search specification, click Save As > New Saved Search. Specify the name of the saved search and provide an optional description.
    • To save the search specification as a new search template, click Save As > New Saved Template. Specify the name of the saved template and provide an optional description.
    • You can click Modify to edit an existing search or Run to run a long running search in the background.