Accessing the Search feature

Procedure

Click the banner search area to open the search box.

Search behavior is based on the screen that you are viewing. For most screens, you can choose whether the search scope is for items in the current screen or for items in all screens.
As you type, a list of up to ten search results is shown in the search box. Press Enter to complete your entry or select (click) a search result.

Tips:

To close the search box, click anywhere outside the box.
To clear a search entry, click inside the search box, and then click the clearing icon ().
Previous search entries, if any, are shown near the bottom of the search box.
To search for a port ID, you must precede the colons in the port ID with a backslash (\) character. For example, to search for port 0:1:2, enter 0\:1\:2.

Screen-specific searches

When searching a specific screen, the screen is filtered to show only the items that matched your search. Your search entry continues to be shown until you perform another search. A results indicator below the banner shows the number of items that matched your search, out of the total items searched.

Everything searches

For a search of everything, the search results are listed on the Search screen. The search results identify the screen in which the item is located, the item name, and, if applicable, the database field. Clicking anywhere on a search result displays the item in the appropriate screen.

Create-dialog searches

You can search for and open dialogs that create resources. For example, when viewing the Contacts screen, if you type create in the Search box, the search result list includes the item contacts: create contact. Clicking the item opens the Create Contact dialog.

If you perform a create-dialog search with a scope of everything, then all creation dialogs are listed.

Tip: If there are many alerts, tasks, or resources that contain the word create, you can often narrow the results by typing the word create followed by a space (“create“).