Basic and Advanced Searches for Data

If the search panel includes a Basic or Advanced tab, you can perform these types of searches. A basic search is typically available in place of a keyword search. An advanced search is typically available when a keyword search is available and it provides additional search criteria to allow you to perform a detailed search for specific information.

The search criteria fields available for basic and advanced searches vary because they include fields specific to the page you are viewing. For example, assume My webMethods is displaying the monitoring Process Instances page, which displays information about process instances. The Advanced tab on the Process Instances page includes fields to allow you to search for specific process instances; for example, it includes a field that you can use to locate process instances that are based on a specific process model and a field that you can use to locate process instances that have a specific status (for example, completed status).

Although the search criteria on an Advanced tab is specific to the page you are viewing, one field that is often included on the Advanced tab is a field to specify a time period, for example, a date and time range to restrict the search. This criterion is called the Range search criterion.

If the data that My webMethods is to search has a time aspect associated with it, the Range list is available to restrict the search within a specified time period. The Range list contains:

Custom option that allows you to specify an exact time period. When you select Custom, you must also fill in the Start Date, End Date, and Times fields to specify the exact time period.

Important: If you use the Custom option to specify an exact time period, My webMethods returns data within the exact time period that you specify. If you add the search results to a workspace, the data added will be static; that is the data displayed will always be for the exact time period that you specified. If you want the data to be dynamic, use one of the relative time period options (for example, Last 7 days). For more information, see Adding Search Results to a Workspace.

The procedure for performing a basic or advanced search varies based on the page you are viewing. See the appropriate guide that contains information about the task you are using.

My webMethods returns all entries in the search results up to the defined maximum results allowed. The defined maximum number of search results for a search is set by My webMethods and is typically 200 results. If you want to define the maximum number of results, use the Max Results or No Maximum fields on the Options tab. For more information, see Setting Search Options for a My webMethods Page.

My webMethods displays the search results in a table format. For more information, see Defining How My webMethods Displays Search Results and Working with Search Results.

Tip: If you will need to perform this search again in the future, you can save and name the search criteria. Then to re-execute the search, you simply need to select the search criteria that you want to execute. For more information, see Saving Your Search.