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Using the Help Search
Using the Help Search
  • Phrase:Returns all topics that contain the exact phrase in the search criteria. Use quotation marks around the phrase.
    Ex."system administration"
  • And:Returns all topics that contain all the words in the search criteria, in any combination. Insert a plus sign between all words in the search criteria.
    Ex.system + administration
  • Or:Returns all topics with any combination of words in the search criteria. This is the default.
    Ex.system administration
For more information:Searching Online Help

Components of a Search

The Search feature components available to you depend on which application is active when you initiate the search.

Search Navigation Controls

The Search Navigation Controls feature is located at the top of most hub and application forms. Use these controls and their related components to quickly locate a search in the Saved Searches list and evaluate data. You can create ad hoc or new searches, page through records, find and select multiple hub records, view record selections, as well as add and track new records in either List View or Detail View. For more information, see Search Navigation Controls, Search Hub Records, and Use Search Navigation Controls to Track New Records.

You can also use Search Navigation Controls to filter and refine search records. For more information, see Use Search Navigation Controls to Filter Records.

Search Dialog Box

Use the Search dialog box to create a search or to update criteria for an existing search. Depending on the application in which you are working, this dialog box displays when you select + New Search or when you click Search in the Searches list or a lookup.

For more information, see Search Dialog Box and Build a Basic Search.

Advanced Settings

Select the Advanced Settings toggle to enter additional criteria that limit the data retrieved by the search. Advanced search offers a number of ways to locate multiple types of data. You can use comparative operators and semi-colons for any delimited value associated with Starts With, Contains, and Does Not Contain operators. The following example illustrates how to filter and locate data:

For more information, see Search Dialog Box and Build an Advanced Search.

For information about multiselect drop-down lists in Advanced Search, see Working with Multiselect Drop-down Lists.

Depending on your record level security, you can use the Advanced Search feature in the Projects hub to view project levels (projects, phases, tasks, or all levels) for each search condition. In the Record Results section, you can choose how you want your records displayed. In the Record to Display drop-down list, select a project level option to display returned records arranged by project level. In the List View Display drop-down list, select a display option to list project level records in either a hierarchical structure or a flat list, in both the Record Results grid and in list view for saved or ad-hoc Selection searches.

For more information, see Display Search Records by Projects Levels in Advanced Project Search.

Search Results Grid

After building a search, you can view and select the checkbox for each search result that you want included in the search on the Search Results grid.

When specifying project levels for advanced project searches, you can choose two display options on how you want to list the search results. In the Results to Display drop-down list, select a project level option. In the List View Display drop-down list, specify either a hierarchical structure or flat list to display the record results. The available list view display options are determined by which option you selected in the Results to Display drop-down list. Based on your selections for both displays, the record results are listed in both the Record Results grid and in the list view of an ad hoc Selection search.