Finding Requests

Purpose

Find requests when you want to search for requests based on the values in various fields of those requests.

To find or search for requests:

  1. Select Edit | Find | Requests

  2. On the General tab, enter any search criteria for the general details

  3. On the Descriptions tab, enter any search criteria you want to use to match against the Detailed description:

  4.       % matches any string of zero or more characters.

          _ (underscore) matches any single character.

          Double Quotes: " can be used to match phrases, or groups of words separated by spaces or line breaks.

          / can be used to escape the %, _ or " characters.

    For examples, see Description Matching Examples.

    Repeat these instructions for searching on All action descriptions.

  5. Use the Options tab to limit the search by specifying various options. For more information, click the Help button in the dialog box.

  6. Use the Relationships Tab to limit the search by specifying request relationships. For more information, click the Help button in the dialog box.

  7. Use the Dates Tab to limit the search by specifying creation, modification, or action dates. For more information, click the Help button in the dialog box.

  8. Use the Attributes Tab/Page to limit the search by specifying attribute values. For more information, click the Help button in the dialog box.

  9. To display the list of objects that meet your search criteria, click the Find Now tab.

  10. To save the search criteria as a filter, see Creating and Using Object Filters.

  11. On the Find Now tab, select one or more objects.

  12. To display the selected objects in a content window, click Open.

  13. To close the Find dialog box, click the Close button.

Related Topics

Description Matching Examples

Find Request Dialog Box

Descriptions Tab (Find Request Dialog Box)