Category Attribute Search

About Category Attribute Search

Category Attribute Search is a way of searching for categories by the attributes they contain.  When you know the attribute in the category that you want to find, using the Category Attribute Search functionality allows you to simply enter the attribute name in order to define your search.  With a click of the Search button, the results appear in the Search Results window, giving you a list of categories that contain that attribute.

When using Category Attribute Search

  • Wildcards are supported for Category Attribute Search.
  • Category Attribute Search is not supported in any other search tab.

Accessing Category Attribute Search

Within CES, there is only one method for accessing the Category Attribute search capability. Complete the scenario below by useing this methods to access the Category Attribute Search functionality:

 
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Main Access Area

  1. From the Main Access Area, select Category Attribute from the Type drop-down menu.

  2. Add additional criteria to define your search in the Search field.

  3. Click the Search button to conduct your search.

How To Perform a Category Attribute Search

This task explains how to perform a Category Attribute Search:
  1. From the Main Access Area, select the Type drop-down menu to select the data for which you wish to search.  The Type drop-down menu appears.

  2. Select Category Attribute and enter the criteria in the search field to completely define your search.  Multiple attributes may be entered by separating them with the pipe, "|", character.

  3. Click the Search button to conduct the search.  The results appear in the Search Results window.