View and manage the search results

In the Structure Search Results view, do one of the following:

• View search result lines in original structure.In the context menu, use the Find menu commands to find the search result line in the structures loaded in the structure view.

• Copy or drag lines from the search results table. You can copy and paste lines from the search results table to structures in the structure view. In addition, you can drag lines from the search results table to structures in the structure view. When doing this, the behavior is the same as if you drag the line from the searched structure itself. If you drag the search result line to a structure other than the searched structure, it is as though you copied the line in the searched structure and pasted it into a new structure.

• In the Search Criteria section, click Repopulate Criteria. This is useful if you navigate between several search result tabs. As only one Structure Search view is available, you can use the Repopulate Criteria button to update the Structure Search view with the search criteria active for the current Structure Search Results tab.

• Customize the column display.

  Click the View Menu button  and choose Columns from the view menu commands located in the top-right corner of the Structure Search Results view.
  Teamcenter displays the Column Management dialog box.
  
  
  Select the desired columns from the Available Properties list and move them to the Displayed Columns with the right arrow. 
  
  
  (Optional) Modify the order the columns appear in the search results table using the up and down arrows.
  
  
  Click Save.
  The columns names and widths that are initially displayed in the search results list are configured by the MEAdvancedSearchResultsViewColumnsShownPref and MEAdvancedSearchResultsViewColumnsShownWidthPref preferences. 
  
  
  (Optional) Save the column layout by choosing Save Column Configuration in the view menu commands. You can restore a saved column layout by choosing Apply Column Configuration and selecting the saved configuration from the list.
  

• Find individual search results.Choose the Find in Display command from the view menu commands to define criteria and apply them to the results list. Objects fulfilling those criteria are selected in the results list.

• Copy selected table data to the operating system clipboard. You can then paste this into any document, for example a Word or Excel document.

• Export to Word and Excel.Choose the Objects to Word or Objects to Excel View Menu commands to export search results to Microsoft Word or Excel.

• Sort the search results.You can sort the search results by clicking on the column header or by clicking the Sort button to open the Sort dialog box to define a more advanced sort. You can specify a primary, secondary, and tertiary sort order for the columns.

• Hide the display of an object in the viewer.You can hide or display a search result line in the assembly viewer. Select an object from the results list, and choose Display option from the shortcut menu. If the assembly viewer is open, the user sees the selected object in the graphical viewer beside the originating tree.