User Search Dialog Box (SQL Where Search)

The SQL Where Clause search of the User Search dialog box is only available for users who are members of the SYSADMIN group. It allows you to create more complex selection criteria by creating your own SQL Where Clause. PM Compass then uses that SQL Where Clause to query the database and find records that meet your selection criteria. You can edit and save the information as a Global search for other users.

For more information on search types and options, see Search Overview.

Display Type

This field displays SQL Where Clause. You can also select one of the following options from the drop-down list:

In addition, modifying the display type changes the interface of this dialog box.

Search

After changing the information on the dialog  box, you must click this button to populate the list box of results. The records that PM Compass displays in a grid depend on the search filters that you define. The columns in the grid vary, depending on the display type that you select.

Searches

This field is optional. It allows you to enter the name of saved search, or it displays your selection after clicking and then selecting a saved search.  

Organize

Click this button to display the Organize Options dialog box, which allows you to save your search and give it a name.

Where Clause

Enter or modify an SQL statement that you want to use for a search. If you enter a wrong syntax, an error message displays.

You should know database structures to create or edit SQL queries. For more information, see Deltek PM Compass Data Dictionary.

Display Search Text

Select this check box to display the SQL Where Clause used in the search and any error messages on another box below the Where Clause box.

If you do not select this check box, the box below the Where Clause box is initially empty. Clicking Search displays the search results in a grid, replacing the empty box.

Search Results

This grid displays the search results after you define your filter criteria and then click Search. The column headings of this grid vary depending on the field that you select from the Search By drop-down list.

Total Rows

This field displays the total number of records that are available in the result set of the search.

Select

Select a workflow from the grid and click this button to display the corresponding data. You can select multiple records by pressing either the CTRL key or the SHIFT key and then clicking the selected entries. The search dialog box displays the first record that best matches the criteria, following the numerical-alphabetical order for all records.

This button is disabled until you click a record in the grid.  

PM Compass remembers the last search results the you get such that when you display the same search dialog box again, the previous set of results displays in the grid.

Select All

Click this button to select and display all available records in numerical-alphabetical order.

The Select All button is not available on search dialog boxes where you can only select one record at a time.

Close

Click this button to exit the dialog box.

Help

Click this button to display the help topic of the search dialog box. Clicking this button, however, displays the Standard display type by default.

What do you want to do?

Perform an SQL Where Clause search


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