Advanced Search - field descriptions

Fields are presented in the order that they are presented in a form. Click a link to see the field descriptions for the form.

• Overview
• Specifying the search criteria

Overview

The Advanced Search dialog is accessible from the Home page. You can use this dialog to search for objects in Optiva.

• You can search for objects that must have or must not contain a specific string in their object code or description.

• You can search for exact matches of an object code and description.
• If desired, you can limit the search to specific symbols.

The Must have, Exactly matches, and Must not contain fields support quoted strings, accents, and Unicode characters.

You can include double quotation marks in your search criteria. This enables you to find objects that have quotation marks in their object description.

Do not precede the search terms with a dash (-).

Specifying the search criteria

Specify the criteria for your search. You can save the search criteria for future use.

Must have

Specify a combination of alphanumeric characters. These characters can be in any order in the code or description. No punctuation is needed.

Exactly matches

Specify letters in the same order in which they are shown in the code or description.

Must not contain

Specify a combination of alphanumeric characters. These characters can be in any order in the code or description. No punctuation is needed. This criteria is excluded from the search results.

Symbols

Select one or more symbols to limit the results to specific symbols. Press the Ctrl key or Shift key to select more than one symbol.