Search for transfers

Use the Transfer Search Criteria window to retrieve transfer data that matches your search criteria.

1. In the navigator pane, click Event Frames.

2. Choose from the following actions:

   • From the PI System Explorer menu, select Search > Transfer Search.

   • In the browser, right-click the Transfer Searches collection and select New Search.

3. Set the Transfer Search Criteria window to find the desired transfers in the PI AF database:

   • Search

     Choose criteria to find transfers that overlap the time period specified by Search start and Search end.

   • Search start / Search end

     Choose or enter start and end times for the search time period.

   • Name

     Enter the name of the transfers you want to search for. You can enter special characters to match part of a name. See Special characters in name searches.

   • Description

     Enter a description string of up to 440 characters to retrieve only those transfers that match.

   • Source

     Enter or click to open the Element Browser window, where you can view the element hierarchy and select the source element for transfers you want to include in the search. Click the Any button to reset to the default <Any>.

   • Destination

     Enter or click to open the Element Browser window, where you can view the element hierarchy and select the destination element for transfers you want to include in the search. Click the Any button to reset to the default <Any>.

   • Template

     Select the template of the transfers you want to search for.

   • Maximum results

     Enter the maximum number of matching transfers to retrieve.

     If you specify values for multiple settings, the search returns only those transfers that match all the specified settings.

4. Click Search to retrieve the matching transfers into the Search results table.

   You can limit the results further to list only those transfers that match the text entered into the Search results field.

5. Click OK.

   The results are displayed in the viewer and in the browser tree. For more information on working with search results, see Manage search results.