Search by Attribute Values
You can further refine your search by specifying asset attributes to search for.
If you specify a single asset type for the search, the set of attributes that you can use for the search is the set of attributes for that asset type. If you have specified several asset types for the search, the set of attributes available for the search is a combination of the respective type-specific attributes.
To search for an asset by attribute values
1. Go to the advanced search panel.
2. Locate the Filter Categories section under Narrow your Results.
3. Expand the node Filter Categories.
4. Choose Further Attributes from the drop-down list.
5. In the text box, type in the attribute to search for.
You can use one or more wildcards to specify the attribute. If you enter just a wildcard in the text box, the entire list of attributes is returned. However, if you leave this text box blank, then no search action is performed.
Note that a type-ahead feature is provided in this text box.
6. Add the attribute to the recipe by either clicking the plus button next to the text box or by pressing Enter. If required, add additional attributes to the recipe by repeating step 3 and 4. You can delete entries from the recipe by clicking the delete symbol next to them.
You can delete entries from the recipe by clicking the delete symbol next to them.
7. You can optionally use the Browse option to narrow the search as you need. Do the following:
a. Click Browse.
b. When you click the button, a Browse Further Attributes dialog appears which allows you to select the following attributes.
Common Attributes that contain the assets generic attributes (name, description, owner etc.). See
Generic Attributes for details.
Type-Specific Attributes that contain the asset types and their type-specific attributes. See
Type-Specific Attributes for details.
c. Click the expand node next to any common or type-specific attribute to view the list of attributes and their data types.
You can expand or collapse the list of attributes, that is, to show or hide the list in a hierarchy view. For example, you can show only the header for a specific type, say Service, and display the complete list of type-specific attributes in the hierarchy by clicking on the header.
d. Mark the checkbox beside the name of the attributes that you wish to add to the search recipe.
e. Click OK.
Note: | If at any time you want to abandon your unsaved search, just click the Cancel button. |
CentraSite automatically adds the selected attributes to the existing recipe entries, and returns the assets that match the specified search scope.
