Select Item Page

The Select Item Page user preference defines the default search criteria for the Search page that opens when you are prompted to select an item.

NOTE  An information icon Information icon denotes that this preference is used in secondary Workplace XT pages only. next to each settings group denotes that these settings are used in Workplace XT secondary pages only.

General settings This set of preferences is used in secondary Workplace XT pages only.

The General settings define the default search criteria for the Search page that opens when you are prompted to select an object. You can set Display and Content Contains Settings values.

Content Contains settings This set of preferences is used in secondary Workplace XT pages only.

Documents settings This set of preferences is used in secondary Workplace XT pages only.

The Documents settings define the basic search criteria for all document and form searches you access for the Search page that opens when you are prompted to select an object. After you select an object store, the General Settings and Property Criteria Settings are displayed. You can then type values for the following fields:

Folders settings This set of preferences is used in secondary Workplace XT pages only.

The Folders settings define the basic search criteria for all folder searches you access in the Search page that opens when you are prompted to select an object. After you select an object store, the General Settings and Property Criteria Settings are displayed. You can then type values for the following fields:

Property Criteria Settings This set of preferences is used in secondary Workplace XT pages only.

You can use the AND and OR operators with each of the properties to build a search expression. The AND operator returns results only when all of the values match. The OR operator returns results when one or more of the property values match.

If you want to search for more than one value for the same property, the property must be listed more than once for you to select the values. For example, you might have a multi-value property named Breeds. To search for Collie or Poodle, select criteria similar to this:

Breeds = Collie    OR
Breeds = Poodle

The search evaluates the property values in the order listed, one row at a time, and any property without a value is skipped. If you specified three or more properties, all of the properties that are ANDed are then evaluated first as a group. If an OR is used between two ANDed property groups, the results from the first ANDed group of properties are added to the second ANDed group of properties. For example, a search consisting of property A and property B or property C and property D is evaluated by first getting the results of property A and property B and then adding the results from evaluating property C and property D.

The following examples evaluate to different results.

Property 1 = Report    OR
Property 2 =           OR
Property 3 =           AND
Property 4 not = cat
Evaluates to:
Property 1 = Report OR Property 4 not= cat
Property 1 = Report    AND
Property 2 =           AND
Property 3 =           AND
Property 4 not = cat
Evaluates to:
Property 1 = Report AND Property 4 not= cat

After the property values are evaluated, the search options and content value are checked. You decide if you want to search on properties AND content or if you want to search on properties OR content.

Property Value Wildcards and Search Operators

You can use wildcard characters for string-based property values when using the starts with, ends with, and contains operators.