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Note:
Any field having the Required checkbox ticked overrides fields where the Required checkbox is not ticked.
The following search finds elements that must have the search term in the Name field and that might or might
not have the search term in the Notes field.
The search manager toolbar enables you to configure the system-provided searches, and to create and edit
your own searches. The toolbar icons, from left to right, provide access to the following functions:
Option
Use to
New Search
Create a new search definition, with new search criteria. See Create Search Definitions
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Save Search
Save a modified or new search.
Copy Search
Copy the existing search selected in the Search field, to modify.
Restore Default
Restore any changed parameters to the default settings and format.
Delete Search
Delete the search definition from the Search drop-down list.
Add Filter
Add a new set
Remove Filter
Delete the selected filter from the search.
Export Search
Display a selection box that enables you to select searches to export to an external
directory as an XML Search file.
Import Search
Display the Windows Directory Explorer Open dialog to enable you to import searches
as XML Search files from an external directory.
Search Options
Display the Advanced Options dialog, to define where the search should operate and
how the search should match filters.
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of parameters to filter the search on.
You use the main body of the search manager panel to configure the element search filters that are contained
in the selected search. A filter item consists of the element field name (Search In), the conditions placed on
the field value, the actual value or delimiting value to search on, and whether the filter item is required
(mandatory). The components are defined in greater detail in the following table:
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