The Search Tab

Faceted search provides a static tab named Search.

Note: The Search tab is only visible to an AIM Dashboard user if the Faceted Search feature is enabled in their environment.

To initiate a search request:

1. Specify the search term in the search textbox.

2. Select the search icon present on the right of the textbox or press Enter.

   

3. To refine your search, you can select a high-level category – Tags, Documents and All – from the dropdown list.

   

   Note: Selecting All means searching both Tags and Documents.

   After a search request is issued, the search window is updated.

   The search window is divided into three main sections:

   • Facet pane – displays names of all attributes and their values for the search criteria

   • Search results pane – displays the results for the search criteria

   • Attributes pane – displays names of the attributes and their values for a specific object

     

4. To view the search results beyond the first 50, select Next.

   

Wildcard Searches

Wildcard searching enables you to enter a search term that matches any characters.

You can use an asterisk character (*) to specify a wildcard, which will match zero or more characters.

For example, "test*" will match any word that starts with "test", such as "test", "test1", "testable".

However, it is NOT recommended to start a search term with a wildcard, for example "*test", because it may impact the performance of the search operation.

Search for a Phrase

To search for exact phrases present in tag or document data, enclose the search term within double quotes.

As shown in the following screenshot, the "ball valve" search term is enclosed within double quotes so the search results get only those values in which the whole phrase "ball valve" appears:

Note: Currently, it is NOT recommended to use a wildcard character (*) inside a search phrase as it may lead to unpredictable results. Also, currently, when using a search phrase, the ordering based on relevance of individual fields is not supported.

Compound Searches

Compound searches enables you to provide multiple search criteria within a single search term by using the plus character (+) and the vertical bar character (|). A + provides an AND operation. A | provides an OR operation.

Currently, search terms support either + or | but not both at the same time.

For example, consider the case where you need to search for the exact phrase "ball valve" and results must mention the word "pump". The search term would be "ball valve" + pump.

Warning

If a search response has more than 50 records (and the Next button is visible) and you modify the facet filter criteria but do not select Apply, then, a warning message will be displayed and the pagination will not happen:

If you have searched for "pump" in the Tags category and selected Apply, but now you change the search term to "pumps12", without searching or applying, and then try to load more facets or navigate to the next page, then the search text would be modified back to "pump". This is because you did not apply the modified search term "pumps12" and the actions that you are performing now are based on the results that came when you searched for "pump".