Searching

  1. Enter your search criteria in Start Typing and press Enter.
    A selection of results is displayed, categorized by All Results, Business Objects, Users, Groups, Posts, Tasks, Alerts, and Notifications. By default, the search results are displayed under the All Results category. If your search criteria produces no results, a No results found message is displayed.

    On the Search overlay, you can:

    • Click the back icon (<) to return user to a previous screen
    • Click the next icon (>) to advance to the next screen, if you used the back icon previously.
    • Click the history icon to display the Context menu, which contains:
      • The most recent queries, up to 10. Click a recent query to navigate to the corresponding search Results List page.
      • Clear the search history option to clear all search history.
    • Click the close icon (X) to close the Search overlay and return to the screen where you initiated the search.
  2. Click a category to view the results for that category.
    Each category has ANY TYPE and ANY TIME filters. Based on the category, the values for the ANY TYPE filter are different.
  3. Click a result to view more details.
    For each result, the Current Action Status is displayed with a down arrow.
  4. Click the down-arrow to view available actions.
    You can click the description of a search result:
    • Clicking an alert result opens the Activity Feed page where only this alert is displayed. You can click Show Details to view the details about the alert.
    • Clicking a task result opens the Activity Feed page where only this task is displayed. You can click Show Details to view the details about the task.
    • Clicking a post result opens the Activity Feed page where only this post is displayed. You can click Show Details to view the details about the post.
    • Clicking a user result opens the user's profile page.
    • Clicking a group result opens the group's profile page.
    • For a notification result, you may or may not be able to click the result, depending on the type of notification.

    On the results list page, the pagination is displayed. You can use the pagination to access the entire result set.

    See Using the Directory page for more information.

    Next to the names of the groups displayed in the search results are related actions:

    • If you are not a member of a group, a Not Connected icon is displayed. Hover on the Not Connected icon to display the overlay with the option to Connect.
    • If you are a member of a group, a Connected icon is displayed. Hover on the Connected icon to display the overlay with the option to Disconnect. These actions function in the same way as on the Directory list page.
  5. Click the item you want to view.