About search results

Search results are displayed in the Structure Search Results view. This view has two sections:

• Search Criteria section This section displays the scope and the search criteria that you specified in the Structure Search view. The contents of this section vary depending on which type of search you ran and which criteria you entered.

• Search Result section This section contains a table of individual lines representing the search results. Teamcenter displays the search results as individual lines without indication of any structure.

Each time you run a new search in the Structure Search view, you can specify whether you want the search results to open in a new tab in the Structure Search Results view or replace the contents of the current tab. If you move from result to result (tab to tab), you can update the search criteria displayed in the Structure Search view using the Repopulate Criteria button.

When Teamcenter displays the result of a search, the selection in the search results table is synchronized with the selection in the structure view. When you select an object in the Structure Search Results view:

• If the object is expanded in the structure that is being searched, Teamcenter automatically selects and shows the object in the originating structure.

• If the object is not expanded, the synchronization depends on the MEExpandToSelection preference. If the value is true, the application partially expands the object and shows it in the originating tree. Otherwise, the selection is not synchronized in the originating structure.

The same part may be listed many times in the search results if it has multiple occurrences in the end item that match the search criteria. For example, the same bolt may be used seven times in the end item and, if all seven usages satisfy the defined proximity filter, the bolt appears seven times in the search results.

Lines in the search results table are actual BOM lines, and you can use the same shortcut menu commands for these objects as you do for any structure line in the structure pane.

The Structure Search view is dependent on the configuration changes applied to the originating tree structure, such as showing configured or unconfigured, revision rules, or configuration by occurrence group. Changing the configuration of the structure pane causes the Structure Search Results view to clear all relevant tabs.

Removing a line from the originating structure removes only this line from the results list. Unloading the originating tree structure from the application causes the Structure Search view to clear all relevant tabs.

If you unload the originating tree structure from the application, causes the Structure Search view to close all associated tabs. The same thing happens if you change the configuration of the originating structure.