Meta Catalog Search view

Projects to search

Lists all projects in your workspace. Select the projects whose contents you want to search.

Catalogs to search

Lists all catalogs defined for your workspace. Select the catalogs whose contents you want to search.

Search criteria

Use this browse to construct the search query. All of the fields are combo-boxes that populate based on the projects and catalogs against which you are searching.

(

Enables you to insert up to 3 levels of parenthesis in your search criteria.

Content Type

Select an available content type. Content types match up with specific content builders. A content type is only available if one of the selected catalogs uses the corresponding content builder.

Entry Type

Select an available entry type. Entry types are classes of data extracted by a content builder. The available choices depend on what the content builders extracted from the source code and stored in the selected catalogs.

Entry

Select an available entry. An entry is a specific instance of an entry type. The available choices depend on what the content builders extracted from the source code and stored in the selected catalogs.

Attribute

Select an available attribute. Attributes are classes of data that are children of certain entry types. The available choices depend on what the content builders extracted from the source code and stored in the selected catalogs.

Attribute Value

Select an available attribute value. An attribute value is a specific instance of an attribute. The available choices depend on what the content builders extracted from the source code and stored in the selected catalogs.

AND/OR

Enables you to insert either the AND or the OR logical operators in your search criteria.

)

Enables you to insert up to 3 levels of parenthesis in your search criteria.

Add

Adds a line to the bottom of the criteria in the browse.

Insert

Inserts a line above the currently selected line in the browse.

Remove

Removes the selected line in the browse.

Saved Criteria

Select a previously saved set of search criteria. The Search criteria browse will populate with the saved criteria. You can also type in a new name to save the current search criteria.

Save

Saves the current search criteria under the name in the Saved Criteria combo-box.

Remove

Removes a saved criterion from the file.

Search

Launches the search.

Note: The search first prompts you to ask if you want to save the search criteria. If you chose a named set of saved criteria as your starting point, you are given the choice to overwrite the saved criteria.