Advanced Search

The following describes the Advanced Search Easy mode.

1. In the menu bar, select PLM Access > Advanced Search or, at the bottom-right corner of the Search Results dialog box, and click Search Criteria, or, in the Bar in the Search box, click the selection arrow and select Advanced Search.

   The Search Criteria dialog box appears.

2. In the Search Criteria dialog box, click the Easy tab.

   The Easy search tab appears.
   
   

   Important: The Expert tab is not available in 3DLive, it is only available in extended configurations.

3. In the Environment list, select an environment.

4. In the Object list, select an object.

5. In the Extension list, select an extension.

6. For each of the object attributes of type string or number that you want to use as a search criteria, enter a value in the corresponding box or, in the corresponding list, select a value from the list of previously-used values.

   Important: If you want the search result to include those objects in which the specified string is also somewhere in the middle of the object name, then you must add the wildcard * in front of the specified string.

7. For object attributes of type date, click in the corresponding box.

   The Select a date dialog box appears. See Selecting Dates

8. To render the query case sensitive, select the Case sensitive check box.

9. To launch the query, click Apply.

10. To launch the query and close the Search Criteria dialog box, click OK.

11. To close the Search Criteria dialog box without launching the query, click Close.

    Important:
    

    • For attributes of type string, the applied condition operator is "Like".
    • For attributes of type date or number, the applied condition operator is "=".
    • In the Easy search, when multiple attribute conditions are defined, the operator applied between the attribute conditions is always "AND".
    • Query masks are defined by your application Administrator, therefore some attributes visible in the above screen captures might not be visible in your application.

The following describes the Advanced Search Extended mode, which enables you to define a search with greater precision.

1. In the menu bar, select PLM Access > Advanced Search or, at the bottom-right corner of the Search Results dialog box, click Search Criteria or, in the Bar in the Search box, click the selection arrow and select Advanced Search.

   The Search Criteria dialog box appears.

2. In the Search Criteria dialog box, click the Extended tab.

   The Extended search tab appears.

   Important: The Expert tab is not available in 3DLive, it is only available in extended configurations.

   
   
   

3. In the Environment list, select an environment.

4. In the Object list, select an object.

   Tip: To sort the object list, right-click the Object text field and select Sort alphabetically.

5. In the Extension list, select an extension.

6. In the Attribute list, select an attribute.

7. In the Operator list, select an operator.

   Note that:
   

   • no value is associated to operators Null and Not Null
   • two values are associated to ternary operators Between and Not Between
   • if the Value associated to Like does not have any wildcards "*" , it will be equivalent to operator Equals; if the Value has wildcards before and after the string, then it is equivalent to Contains

8. In the Value box, enter a value or, in the Value list, select a value from the list of previously-used values. (For attribute values of type date, see Selecting Dates.)

   Note that:
   

   • for attributes of type String and operator Between, Values are ordered according to the dictionary, e.g. test110 is less than test15 since "1" comes before "5"

9. To add a condition to the constructed query, click Add.

10. To modify a condition, select the condition and click Modify.

11. To remove a condition from the constructed query, select the condition and click Remove.

12. To remove all conditions from the constructed query, click Clear.

13. To define the condition operator, click the AND radio button or the OR radio button.

    Note: The condition operator you select is applied between all conditions of the query.

14. To render the query case sensitive, select the Case sensitive check box.

15. To display only the last version of all parts corresponding to the search criteria, select the Last Version Only check box.

16. To launch the query, click Apply.

17. To launch the query and close the Search Criteria dialog box, click OK.

18. To close the Search Criteria dialog box without launching the query, click Close.

Tip: In the Search Results, for all attributes that include the notion of magnitude, the displayed value will also include the unit of measure (respecting the unit of measure currently defined in the Units settings.)