IBM FileNet P8, Version 5.2            

Search for documents and folders

You can search for documents or folders by keywords or by properties. Workplace XT provides searches by keyword and other properties.

Tip: In browse mode for Workplace XT, you can select a predefined search from the All Searches folder or from the folder tree. Selecting a predefined search immediately displays the search results.

For systems with multiple object stores, the search page defaults to the object store used for the system Site Preference file.

Start a search

The following table provides instructions for starting a search in the application you are using.

Table 1. These procedures describe how to start a search in Workplace XT.
Type of searching Workplace XT
Search for a document or folder by name or by other commonly searched properties. See Search by properties (simple search) for more information. Click Search in the toolbar and select Simple search.

Search for one or more words in a document's content or indexed text properties. See Search by keyword for more information.

This option is not available if the selected object store is not indexed for keyword searching.

Click Search in the toolbar and select Keyword search.
Search for a document or folder by a more complex set of properties. See Search by properties (advanced search) for more information.

Click Search in the toolbar and select Advanced search.

You can also choose one of your saved searches in My searches.



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