Search

To search for assets, a search term can be entered in the search field in the menu bar.

Tooltip

By clicking on the icon , the search page can be opened directly, without entering a search term.

The search is implemented as a full-text search and searches the following asset properties:

• Label
• Title
• Tags
• Synonyms

Note

The searched text is divided by separators (e.g. spaces, hyphens, and slashes). Only matches from the beginning of a word (i.e. after a separator) are found. Text within a word is not found.

The search results are displayed directly in the preview.

By clicking on the preview a found asset can be opened. By clicking on "Search" the search results are displayed on the search page, where further search criteria and filters can be selected.

Tooltip

Special "stop words" (e.g. "is", "and" or "has") are implemented in the search. These prevent that unnecessarily many, not relevant results are found. A search for one of the stop words returns no results.

Note

By default, the search matches only whole words. For example, a search for Person will display assets that contain exactly Person, but not assets that contain words that merely begin with Person (e.g. Personnel or Persons).

To search for assets that begin with a specific term, an asterisk (*) must be added to the search term. For example, a search for Person* will display assets that contain exactly Person, as well as assets that contain words beginning with Person (e.g. Personnel or Persons).

Clicking on the icon ? in the search field displays additional search tips.

Search

The search page contains a search field with the same full-text search and search preview as the search field in the menu bar.

By clicking on "Search" all assets found are displayed and can be browsed.

Tooltip

If no search term was entered in the search field, the following filters are applied without a full-text search (i.e. to all assets).

Filters

In addition, the search results can be filtered according to the following criteria:

Filter	Description
Model	Only display assets in specific models.
Asset type	Only display assets with specific asset types.
Stereotype	Only display assets with specific stereotypes.
Status	Only display assets with specific statuses.
Flag	Only display assets that are marked as favorite, as locked or as read-only.
Date of change	Only display assets that were changed at a specific time.
My role	Only display assets for which the user is responsible in specific roles.

The selected filters are displayed as tiles below the dropdown lists:

Tooltip

By clicking on the icon , the search results can be exported as a search result report in PDF or CSV.

Advanced search

The advanced search can be turned on and off by clicking on the following button:

The advanced search allows multiple search conditions to be defined. For example, to display all assets for which

• Label contains the value Customer,
• and Data protection category is not person-related,
• and the customer-specific property Category is either Work or Population:

Tooltip

In contrast to the normal search, in which only a few selected filters are available, arbitrary search conditions can be defined in the advanced search. When the advanced search is activated, the previously selected filters are automatically applied as search conditions in the advanced search.

• Clicking on "+" adds a new search condition.
• Clicking on "-" deletes a search condition.
• Clicking on "Reset" deletes all search conditions.
• Clicking on "Search" displays the found assets.

Note

The search result only contains assets that satisfy all search conditions, i.e. the search conditions are logically conjuncted with AND.

Each search condition evaluates a property of an asset. The property can be selected in the first dropdown list. A customer-specific property can be specified by selecting "More properties..." in the first dropdown list and the customer-specific property in the second dropdown list.

The search operator and the value (or pattern), with which the property is to be evaluated, must be specified. Depending on the property, different search operators are available:

Search operator	Description
is	Evaluates if the property is equal to the value.
is not	Evaluates if the property is not equal to the value.
contains	Evaluates if the property contains the value.
starts with	Evaluates if the property starts with the value.
ends with	Evaluates if the property ends with the value.
like	Evaluates if the property matches the pattern.
greater than	Evaluates if the property is greater than the value.
less than	Evaluates if the property is less than the value.

Note

The search operator "like" uses a pattern to evaluate the property. A % in the pattern matches any number of characters. A _ in the pattern matches exactly one character.

The values of properties, that are based on a list of valid values (e.g. literals), are displayed in a dropdown list. In this case, several values can typically be selected:

The following special properties are also available:

Property	Value range	Description
Search term	Text	Corresponds to the search field (full-text search) of the normal search.
Model	Models	Evaluates if the asset is in a specific model.
Asset type	Asset types	Evaluates specific asset types.
Label	Text	Evaluates the label.
Status	Status	Evaluates specific statuses.
Stereotype	Stereotypes	Evaluates specific stereotypes.
Superordinate object	UUID	Evaluates the UUID of the superordinate object.
Tags	Tags	Evaluates specific tags.
Synonyms	Text	Evaluates the synonyms.
Code	Text	Evaluates the code of a reference value.
Name	Text	Evaluates the name of a relationship.
Title	Text	Evaluates the title.
Short text	Text	Evaluates the short text of a reference value.
Date of change	Date	Evaluates the date on which the asset was last modified.
Modified by	Login ID	Evaluates the user who last modified the asset.
Description	Text	Evaulates the description.
Long text	Text	Evaluates the long text of a reference value.
Nr	Number	Evaluates the order.
Favorite	Yes/No	Evaluates if the asset is marked as favorite.
Locked	Yes/No	Evaluates if the asset is marked as locked.
Read-only	Yes/No	Evaluates if the asset is marked as read-only.
Data protection category	Data protection categories	Evaluates specific data protection categories.
Id	UUID	Evaluates the UUID of the asset.
My role	Roles	Evaluates the responsibility of the user in specific roles.
Role	Roles	Evaluates the responsibility of specific roles.
Agent	Agents	Evaluates the responsibility of specific agents.
Tenant	Tenants	Evaluates the tenant.

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By clicking on the icon , the search results can be exported as a search result report in PDF or CSV.