Search for Items in List

The Search for Items in List option enables you to search for items selected in a query result, in the Editor frame or in a relationship tree displayed in the Navigation frame, or for an item that is currently edited in an edit view in the Editor frame. This option uses the Search view described in Item Search Queries, which means that you can enter complex search conditions. When you select the Search for Items in List option, the Search view has an extra List page that shows the items that will be considered in the search.

You can open only one Search view (either with or without the List page) for each subject area. The name of the subject area displays on the view’s page tab. The search results always display in table format. The Search for Items in List option is available when the focus is on a query result in the Editor frame or on a navigation tree, and items are selected, or when an item edit view in the Editor frame has the focus.

Searching in a list of items

1. Select QuerySearch for Items in List from the main menu bar.

Or  

Click the Search for Items in List icon in the toolbar of a query result.

The Search view opens with the List tab in the foreground listing the selected items:


2. Select the search area.
• Do not restrict to items of list

The search considers all items in the subject area independently and ignores items that are listed in the conditions view.

• Restrict to items of list

The search considers only items that are listed in the conditions view. If you clear the check box, all items in the subject area are considered.

• Restrict to items in namespace of listed items

The search considers items listed in the conditions view and all items in the namespace of the listed items.

3. You can make changes to the list by using the add and delete icons. This is an optional step.
• To delete an item from the list, select the items you want to remove and then click the Detach Items icon . To select multiple items, click the items while holding down the Ctrl key.
• To add items to the list, click the Add Item to View icon .

Each time you open a Search view, the search settings are initialized with values that depend on the items that are currently selected.

When you click the Reset button, the search settings are restored to their initial values and the Restrict to items of list check box is cleared. Clicking the Reset button has the same effect as closing and reopening the Search view when no items are selected.

4. Enter search conditions using these tabbed pages:

Page	Conditions
Name	Item type, name, and state.
Content	Attribute content specifics.
Size	Attribute size specifics.
Relation	Item relationships.
System	System attribute specifics.
Set	Set membership specifics. This page is displayed only in subject areas that use sets.
SDCAC	SDCAC representation of the search conditions.
List	The list of items to which the search is restricted.

All specified conditions are combined by logical AND to form complex search conditions (that is, all conditions must be satisfied). For more information on the tabbed pages and their search conditions, see Search for Items.

5. Optional. Click the Count button to find out the number of result items.
6. When your search specifications are complete, click Search.

The search result displays in the result table:

To know more, see Visualizing and Processing Query Results .