Using Power Search

About Using Power Search

Power Search View helps you search for items of the classes or subclasses you select in the Browser Category of the Search window. The Power Search View tab can be used for:

Searching for Class Items

This task explains how to search for class items the Power Search Page:

  1. Click the Search in the Administration pad.

    The Category Browser Page appears.

  2. Select a leaf class and click [S] to display the Power Search Page.

  3. Enter the desired search criteria, either directly, or by clicking the popup icon, and then using Valid Values.

  4. Once you have entered all search criteria, click Search.

    The Results Page appears with the items that meet your search criteria.

Changing Forms

Forms help you simplify the process of searching for data. Forms can be customized to suit your business logic and process. Every class in packaged with a DEFAULT and DETAIL form having generic configurations. The DEFAULT form appears by default in the Power Search View tab. However, a user-preferred form appears by default if you have defined it in your database. Please note that the Changing Forms option is available from the Power Search Page, the Edit Page, and the Results Page. The process is the same, regardless of where you access the Select Form command.

This task explains how to change the form:

  1. Click the Search in the Administration pad.

    The Search window appears.

  2. Select a leaf class and click [S] to display the Power Search Page

     

  3. In the upper right-hand corner click the popup icon, and then select Select Form.

    The Forms Page window appears.

  4. In the Forms Page window, select the desired form, and then click OK.

    The PowerSearch page is displayed using the selected form.

   

Saving or Deleting a Search Pattern in Power Search Page

This task explains how to save or delete a search pattern in the Power Search Page:

  1. Go to the Power Search Page.

  2. To save your current search pattern, click the popup icon, and then select Save Search Pattern.

    The Save Search Pattern window appears.

  3. Enter a name for the search pattern and click OK.

  4. To delete a saved search pattern, Go to the PowerSearch Page.

  5. Click the popup icon, and then select Delete Search Pattern.

    The selected search pattern appears.

  6. Select the search pattern to delete and click OK.

Viewing Information About Class Properties

This task explains how to view information about class properties from the Power Search Page:

  1. Click the Search in the Administration pad.

    The Search window appears.

  2. Select a leaf class and click [S] to display the Power Search Page.

  3. Click the popup icon for a specific property, and then select Property Information.

    The Property Information window appears.

Information about the class property appears in the General, Misc., Display, and Search tabs of the Property Information window.