Search Tab Options

Commands Options

Commands , on the left of the Search tab, provide these options:

Include Files
Include Folders
Include Workspaces
50 Rows
100 Rows
1000 Rows

To broaden the search, you can select to include files, folders, and workspaces. To limit the results from this broad search, you can then select one of the row options.

Total number of files that are related to the search are displayed.

Tip: When you use a row option and include files, folders, and workspaces, clear the Search configuration check box. The system then limits the search to only families without instances and returns results closer to your row selection.

Search Toolbar

The Search toolbar contains these options:


	Search	Starts the search.
	Clear	Clears the search form.
	Favorites	Opens the Favorites menu, where you can: Select Add favorites to go to the Add favorite dialog box, where you can add a Name for your favorites search. Select Organize favorites, where you can manage your list of favorites. Select one of your favorites searches.
	Recent Searches	Displays recently searched objects.

Search Form Options

The options in this area depend on the active Search card available to you. This section describes the options in the default Search card, which is shipped with Connector for SOLIDWORKS. If your administrator made a customized search card and it is the active search card, the options in the search form may differ.

Use the search form by entering search criteria in one or more of the boxes. Use the check boxes to specify how much of the server is searched.


Title	Searches for files with titles or object names that match the specified string.
Description	Searches for files with description in SOLIDWORKS Custom Properties that match the specified string.
Design Number	Searches for files whose design number in SOLIDWORKS Custom Properties matches the specified string.
Owner	Identifies an owner assigned in the database. Use the browse button to open the Select Owner dialog box, where you can search for owners.
Checked out by	Identifies a user who has files checked out. Use the browse button to open the Select Checkout User dialog box, where you can search for users who have files checked out.
Vault	Server to search.
State	Searches for files at the selected Lifecycle state.
Checked in	Searches by the specified time frame that you select from Checked in, for example, Today.
Date selectors	The two date selectors only appear if you select Range from Checked in. Use the left date selector to select the earliest date for Check in. Use the right to select the latest date for Check in. You can select both date selectors or just one, depending on your needs.
Case Sensitive	Searches files that have exact letters in the filename as entered in the search bar.
Search global objects	Returns all matching file objects, including those that are attached to one or more workspace folders and those that are unattached. When files are unlinked from folders, they remain on the server as global objects.
Search all workspaces	Searches the entire database.
Search entire workspace	Searches the workspace you are in when you start the search.
Search subfolders	Searches subfolders of the folder you are in when you start the search.
Search in all iterations	When you clear the check box, which is the default, the system searches in the latest iterations and revisions of the files. Display the Iteration and Rev columns of the search results to see these details. When you select the check box, the system searches in old iterations and revisions of files as well as the latest iterations. Display the Iterations Found column to see the iteration and revision details for all iterations in the vault. The Iteration and Rev columns continue to provide the latest information.
Search configurations	When you clear the check box, which is the default, the system only searches and returns family type objects. When you select the check box the system searches for all types, that is, family and instances objects.