Save a structure search

You can store a search and, optionally, its results for future reuse. You can also allow other users access to this search.

Teamcenter saves the search in a SearchStructureContext object that includes a saved configuration. If you reload a saved search, the configuration in effect at the time of storage is also loaded.

Teamcenter saves the following configuration information at the time of storage:

• Current revision rule (with the effective date, end item, or unit number)

• Variant rule

• Effectivity group objects

• Closure rule

• State of the Show Unconfigured buttons

• If the search is performed on a process structure and any part of the search contains lines from a composition structure, the configuration of those related composition structures

Procedure

1. After entering search criteria and running a search, do one of the following:

Click on the toolbar of the Structure Search view, or choose Save from the View Menu to save a new search, or update a loaded search with new criteria and results.

Choose Save As from the View Menu to save the search under another name. This may be necessary if, for example, you do not have write access to the original saved search but still want to modify it.

2. Enter a name and, optionally, a description for the search.

3. Select one of the following.

Option

Action

Search definitions

Saves the entries in the Structure Search view.

Search definitions and consistent results

Saves the entries in the Structure Search view and additionally, all results that are compatible with the current scope of the search.

4. To grant read-only access to other users for this search, select the Is shared? check box.

This allows other users to select and run this saved search when they load saved searches. Other users cannot modify this search. They must use the Save As command to save any modifications.

5. Specify the location in the database to store the search by clicking Create in and selecting a folder.

By default, Teamcenter stores the search in the My Saved Searches folder in My Teamcenter. You can create other folders to organize your searches by clicking New Folder.

6. Click OK.