Using Search Result Items

About Using Search Result Items

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. You can modify how you view the results in a number of ways. For more information about viewing the search results, refer to Viewing Search Results.

If you select one or more items in the search results, depending on the action you are going to take, you can also:

  • Compare the attributes of multiple items (For more information, refer to CES Engineering Component Reuse User Guide : User Tasks : Comparing Items : Comparing Catalog Item Details)
  • Compare the geometry of two items (For more information, refer to CES Engineering Component Reuse User Guide : User Tasks : Comparing Items : Comparing Catalog Item CAD Info)
  • Get Properties for an item (For more information, refer to Properties)
  • Instantiate one or more items into the product (For more information, refer to CES Engineering Component Reuse User Guide : User Tasks : Instantiating an Item)
  • Load the product (For more information, refer to CES Engineering Component Reuse User Guide : User Tasks : Loading a Product.)
  • Copy the item into another CATIA document (For more information, refer to CES Engineering Component Reuse User Guide : User Tasks : Copying an Item)

When Using Search Result Items

  • To view the Properties of an item, select only one item in the Sourcing Search Results, right-click and select Properties. If more than one item is selected in the Sourcing Search Results window, the Properties option is disabled in the contextual menu. For more information, refer to Properties.
  • To compare the attributes of two or more items, select the items to compare, right-click on the selected items and select Compare Items from the contextual menu. If you select only one item in the Sourcing Search Results window the Compare option on the contextual menu is disabled. For more information, refer to CES Engineering Component Reuse User Guide : User Tasks : Comparing Items : Comparing Catalog Item Details.
  • To compare the geometry of two items, select the items to compare, and click the Compare Geometry of CES Items button from the toolbar. If you select only one item in the Sourcing Search Results window, or you select more than two items, the Compare Geometry of CES Items button is disabled. For more information, refer to CES Engineering Component Reuse User Guide : User Tasks : Comparing Items : Comparing Catalog Item CAD Info.
  • To instantiate an item in your open product, select one item in the Sourcing Search Results window, right-click on the selected item and select Instantiate. For more information, refer to CES Engineering Component Reuse User Guide : User Tasks : Instantiating an Item.
  • To load the item into CATIA, select one item from the Sourcing Search Results window, right-click on the selected item and select Load the Product from the contextual menu.

How To Use Search Result Items

This task explains how to take certain actions on items listed in the Sourcing Search Results window:
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. 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.



  3. Enter search criteria appropriate for your database and click OK.

  4. The Sourcing Search Results window appears. In this example, these results include all Internal Items. Please note that the search criteria you use is displayed in the top line of the Sourcing Search Results window.

  5. In the Sourcing Search Results window, select an item. Right-click on the item and select Properties from the contextual menu. The Properties window appears.



  6. This example searches internal items, so the data is organized based on internal item information. The top of the Properties window contains basic information about the item selected in the Sourcing Search Results window. At the bottom of the Properties window there are several tabs with various types of information available on each tab. For more information about the Properties window, please refer to Properties. The More button indicates there is more basic information about the selected item to view. Click the More button to display all the basic information in a separate window.

  7. Close the Details window and the Properties window and return to the Sourcing Search Results window. Select two items by holding the Ctrl button while clicking on the two items. Right-click on the selected items and select Compare.

  8.  The Sourcing Compare window that appears contains a comparison of the attributes of the selected items. The arrows to the right of the attributes indicate where the two items differ. You can also access the Sourcing Compare attribute comparison by highlighting two or more items and selecting the Compare CES Items button  in the Search Results toolbar in CATIA. For more information on comparing the attributes of multiple items in the Sourcing Search Results window, refer to CES Engineering Component Reuse User Guide : User Tasks : Comparing Items : Comparing Catalog Item Details. Please notice that you also have the ability to compare the geometry of two items in the Sourcing Search Results window using the Compare Geometry of CES Items button . For more information on comparing the geometry of two items in the Sourcing Search Results window, refer to CES Engineering Component Reuse User Guide : User Tasks : Comparing Items : Comparing Catalog Item CAD Info.

  9. Close the Sourcing Compare window.  Back in the Sourcing Search Results window, select any individual item and right click on the item. In the contextual menu that appears you will see that you also have the ability to Instantiate Item. The details of these actions are beyond the scope of this topic. For more information, refer to CES Engineering Component Reuse User Guide : User Tasks : Instantiating an Item.

  10. In the contextual menu you also see the Load Product option. Click on this option to see the selected item loaded in CATIA.


     

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.