The Keyword Search page contains the following items:
Search Criteria section: Lets you define the search criteria and search for the desired records. The search criteria sections contains the following items:
Search For: Lets you specify the keywords for which you want to search. You can type letters, numbers, and symbols in this text box. To the right of this text box, a list appears that contains the options that you can use to specify to what extent you want to search for the characters that you type in the Search For text box. The characters that you type in the Search For text box are used in conjunction with the selection that you make in the list to the right of the text box to create a search string that is sent to the database. The list contains the following options:
Any Word: Specifies that you want to search for ANY keyword that you type in the Search For text box. In other words, if you type Pump 1 2 3 in the Search For text box, the search string that is sent to the database will look like this: Pump or 1 or 2 or 3. This is the default option.
All Words: Specifies that you want to search for ALL the keywords that you type in the Search For text box. In other words, if you type Pump 1 2 3 in the Search For text box, the search string that is sent to the database will look like this: Pump AND 1 AND 2 AND 3.
Exact Phrase: Specifies that you want to search for the exact string of keywords that you type in the Search For text box. In other words, if you type Pump123 in the Search For text box, the search string that is sent to the database will look like this: " Pump123."
Optionally Filter by: Lets you specify a filter to apply to the search results. This list contains the families whose search index has been configured. If you select a family in this list, the results will display only records that exist in that family that meet the specified search criteria.
Search: Searches for records that match the search criteria and displays the results in the search results section.
Search Results section: Contains the following items:
Filter by grid: Displays the list of families whose records contain the specified search criteria. To the right of the family name, the number of records returned for that family is displayed in parenthesis. You can select a family in this list to display the results for that family in the results grid to the right. The list always contains the default category All. You can click this option to view ALL the records that are included in the search results.
Results grid: Displays the records that contain the specified search criteria. Each row in the grid represents one record. For each record, the following information is displayed:
Above the results grid, text appears that indicates the filter that is applied to the results. This value corresponds to the currently selected row in the Filter by grid.
Below the search results section are options that you can use to navigate your search results.
Task Menu pane: The Keyword Search page contains the following task menus:
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