Viewing Search Results

About Viewing Search Results

When you execute either a Simple Search or a Standard Search, the search results represent the subset of the database that meets the search criteria set in the Sourcing Search window. Based on the settings selected when performing the search, the search results may include Manufacturer Items, Internal Items, Supplier Items, or all of these types of items. For more information on performing searches, refer to either Simple Search or Standard Search.

The search results appear in the Sourcing Search Results window, which is in tabular form. The rows represent the items found in the search and the columns represent various attributes of the items. The information contained in the table can be customized before performing the search by setting an option in the Search View dropdown list in the Sourcing Search window. The search results form the basis for most of the tasks in CES. The Sourcing Search Results window allows you to do the following:

  • Page through the results, forward and backward, or go directly to a specific page by entering the page number
  • View the search criteria used to create the search results
  • Edit the search criteria used to create the search results
  • Order the result entries in either ascending or descending order for a particular column
  • Organize the results by category

If you select one or more items in the search results, you can also perform a number of actions on the selected items. For more information about taking some action on a search results item, refer to Using Search Result Items.

When Viewing Search Results

  • The number of result items displayed per page in the Sourcing Search Results window depends on the initial global settings. To change the global settings, select Tools > Options. The Options window appears. Scroll down and click Collaborative Enterprise Sourcing. On the Collaborative Enterprise Sourcing tab, set the desired value in the Number of Items displayed text field.
  • The top line of the Search Results window contains the Search Criteria text fields. To perform another search, change the criteria in the top line and click Filter.
  • If you select a single Internal Item in the Search Results window and that particular part is present in the open Product window, that part will be highlighted in the Product window.

How To View Search Results

This task explains how to find the number of items returned in the search, page through those results, order the results by column and organize the results by category:
This example assumes that a database including manufacturer, internal, and supplier information exists and is accessed by CATIA Client.
  1. Start CATIA. Login to ENOVIA V5 VPM and CES. For more information on logging in, refer to Logging in to ENOVIA V5 VPM in CATIA and Accessing CES Functionality.

  2. Click the Search CES Database button. The Sourcing Search window appears. The top portion of the window contains the Sourcing Search Criteria and the Simple and Standard tabs. The bottom portion contains the Category Browser, a graphical representation of the categories of information that are available, on the Tree View tab, and the Attribute Based Category Search, on the List View tab. You can use the Category Browser to narrow your search by selecting one of the category nodes in which to search. For more information, refer to Category Browser. You can use the Attribute Base Category Search, located on the List View tab to locate categories based on attribute name and category name. For more information, refer to Attribute Base Category Search.



  3. Enter search criteria appropriate for your database and click OK. The Sourcing Search Results window appears. In this example, these results include all items for which the Supplier starts with a B. Please note that the search criteria you use is displayed in the Search Criteria text field of the Sourcing Search Results window.




  4. You can page through the results by clicking the Next button and the Previous button .

  5.  You can also enter a specific page number in the text box between the Previous and Next buttons and go directly to that page.

  6. Next, click on one of the column headings in the Sourcing Search Results window to arrange the results in either ascending or descending order.

  7. You can also organize the results by category. In the Organized by: dropdown list, select Organize by Category.

  8. Go back to the Organized by: dropdown list and select one of the available categories. The items in the selected category are displayed.

  9. You can edit your search in the top line of the Search Results window. Double-click on the magnifying glass under the Supplier heading and change B* to H*. Then click Filter.

  10. Notice, in the updated Sourcing Search Results window, the entries in the Supplier column now all begin with H.

Sourcing Search Results Window

This table describes the fields displayed in the Sourcing Search Results window.

Fields Description
Search Criteria The search criteria is contained in the top line (the line with the magnifying glass icons). You can change the criteria by double-clicking on the magnifying glass icon under the attribute you wish to set. Once you have set the attribute(s) to the desired value(s), click Filter. The new search is performed.
Classification Category Contains the name of the category that you searched.
Organized by Contains a list of the sub-categories of the Classification category. Select one of these sub-categories to display only those results from that sub-category.
Page Enter the page number to display.


This table describes the buttons displayed in the Sourcing Search Results window:

Button Description

Filter

Click this to perform a new search using the attribute values you set in the top line of the Search Results window.

Click this to display the previous page of results.

Click this to display the next page of results.