Simple Search

About Simple Search

The Sourcing Hub contains information about parts, manufacturers, and suppliers. This information can be used while designing or manufacturing a product. CATIA Client supports functionality to do a Simple Search on the database, to retrieve the required information. Using Simple Search, you can search for Manufacturer Items, Supplier Items and Internal Items, by typing in one or more keywords. You can choose from a variety of views for viewing the search results.

When Using Simple Search

  • Simple Search uses the following algorithms:
    • Fuzzy Search:  gets results when the keyword is misspelled
    • Soundex / Homonym Search:  gets results by finding words having  the same sound or spelling as the keyword
    • Synonyms:  gets results by finding words having nearly the same meaning as the keyword
    • Stem:  gets results by finding words with a common linguistic root as the keyword

    This table provides examples of Simple Search to search for items:

    Search for these words... Simple Search displays... Method used...
    Batteries Battery Common Root (Stem)
    Water Line pipe Synonym
    Computer Compter Fuzzy (Misspelling)
    Compac Compaq Soundex (Homonym)
    Rubbed Rubber Stem (Common Root)
    Rubber Adhesive Synonym

    For more information on the algorithms used, and customizing the order of the algorithms, refer to the CES Enterprise Catalog Administration Guide : Installing CES : Customizing Search.

  • Wildcard characters can be used in Simple searches, however the results can be unpredictable. Therefore, using wildcards in simple searched is not recommended.
  • The Simple Search is a Text search that uses keywords.
  • Oracle uses Context Indexing for searching. Context indexing provides powerful search, retrieval, and viewing capabilities. It also provides advanced linguistic processing.
  • DB2 uses Text extender for searching. With the text extender searching can be done by soundex, synonym, thesaurus, proximity, linguistic, and several other criteria.
  • The keywords recognized by the Simple Search come from the Description attribute of the particular type of item for which you are searching. For example, if you want to find a Manufacturer Item, the recognized keywords come from the Mfr Item Description. The set of recognized keywords can be increased by customizing the internal description. For more information on this customization process, refer to the CES Enterprise Catalog Administration Guide : Installing CES : Customizing Search.
  • Simple Search will not work for a single asterisk entered in the Please enter a keyword to search box. You will receive no results.
  • You can narrow the search using the Category Browser. By selecting one of the nodes or subnodes of the displayed hierarchy, you can narrow the search to that specific category and its sub-categories. For more information on Category Browser, refer to Category Browser.

How to Perform a Simple Search

Follow these steps to conduct a simple search:

This example assumes that a database including manufacturer 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, and the Attribute Based Category Search. 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. Go to the Simple Search tab. Select Supplemental Information in the Search From: drop down, select Items - Manufacturer in the For: drop down and select All Items in the Search Form: drop down. Enter the keyword to use in the Please Enter a Keyword to Search box and click OK. You can further narrow the search using the Category Browser displayed below. By selecting one of the nodes or subnodes of the displayed hierarchy, you can narrow the search to that specific node and its subnodes.

  4. The following Sourcing Search Results window appears.

Sourcing Search Window

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

Fields Description
Search From Category of data to search.
Type Type of item for which to search.
Search Form

Type of information to view in the Search Results. This also changes the searchable attributes included in the Search Criteria section. Possible values are:

  • All Items:  Include information on the manufacturer item, supplier item and internal item. This includes Manufacturer Item Number, Manufacturer Item Description, Supplier Item Number, Internal Item Number, Price, Currency Code, and other information.
  • Manufacturers Content:  Information included depends on the item type selected:
    • Manufacturer Item: Contains only manufacturer specific content.
    • Supplier Item: Contains supplier specific content and some manufacturer specific content.
    • Internal Item: Contains internal item specific content and some manufacturer specific content.
  • Suppliers Content: Information included depends on the item type selected:
    • Manufacturer Item: Contains manufacturer specific content and some supplier specific content.
    • Supplier Item: Contains only supplier specific content.
    • Internal Item: Contains internal item specific content and some supplier specific content.
  • Internal Content: Information included depends on the item type selected:
    • Manufacturer Item: Contains manufacturer specific content and some internal item specific content.
    • Supplier Item: Contains supplier specific content and some internal item specific content.
    • Internal Item: Contains only internal item specific content.
Please Enter a Keyword to Search Keyword for which to search.
Show Count Check this box to have the number of items in each category displayed after the category name in the Category Browser.

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

Button Description

Clear All

Click this to clear the keyword field.

OK

Click this to execute the search command, and get search results for items.

Apply

Applies the category selected in the Category Browser to the list of criteria in the search window, without closing the search window.

Close

Click this to close the window without performing the Search.

Wildcard characters can be used in Simple searches, however the results can be unpredictable. Therefore, using wildcards in Simple searches is not recommended.