3.4.1 Specifying the search range, number of search results to be displayed, and search conditions

The main window (Item list) provides the simple search area. In this area, you can search for Items simply by entering a character string as a search condition, and clicking a button. If you are using the Item Management window function, the search applies to Items that were registered within the time frame set for the Item Management window function. For details on the Item Management window, see 3.2.3 Item Management window function. For details about how to perform a simple search for Items, see the JP1/Service Support Operator's Guide.

Note:: You cannot search for Items registered in process work boards that are waiting to be deleted.

This subsection describes how to specify the search range, number of search results to be displayed, and search conditions in the Specify search conditions - Item-common element window and Specify item search conditions window. The window that appears when you perform a search depends on what you select from the list of process work boards in the main window (Item list). You can click Process work board at the top of the list, select a target system, or select a process work board. Also, the search ranges and settings you can specify depends on the window that appears.

The following figure shows the Specify search conditions - Item-common element window, which appears when you select a target system, and the Specify item search conditions window, which appears when you select a process work board.

Figure 3‒19: Specify search conditions - Item-common element window and Specify item search conditions window

If you are using the Item Management window function, the range of the Item Management window appears at the top of the window. The following figure shows the Specify item search conditions window with the Item Management window function enabled:

Figure 3‒20: Specify search conditions - Item-common element window and Specify item search conditions window (with Item Management window function enabled)

Organization of this subsection

(1) Specifying the search range
(2) Specifying the number of search results to be displayed
(3) Specifying the search conditions

(1) Specifying the search range

In the Specify search conditions - Item-common element window, you can specify the search range as described below.

Table 3‒16: Specifying the search range
Range^#	Description
Target system	Select the system that you want to search from a pull-down menu.
Target process	Select the process (process display name) that you want to search from a pull-down menu.

#: You cannot specify the search range in the Specify item search conditions window.

Note that the search range depends on the node selected in the list of process work boards. The following table describes the search range differences.

Table 3‒17: Differences of the search range that can be specified as a search condition
Node selected in the process work board list	Search range	Window that appears
Process work board (top node)	All the Items registered in JP1/Service Support. Note that you can change the search range by the specification method described in Table 3-16.	Specify search conditions - Item-common element window
Target system	Items registered in the selected target system. Note that you can change the search range by the specification method described in Table 3-16.	Specify search conditions - Item-common element window
Process work board	Items registered in the selected process work board	Specify item search conditions window

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(2) Specifying the number of search results to be displayed

The following table describes how to specify the number of search results to be displayed.

Table 3‒18: Specifying the number of search results to display
Specification item	Description
Number of search results displayed per page	From the pull-down menu, select the number of Items to display per page as search results in the List of item search results window. The values listed in the pull-down menu are set in the system property file. For details, see System property file (hptl_jp1_imss_main_setting.properties) in Chapter 13. Definition Files.

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(3) Specifying the search conditions

The following table describes how to specify the search conditions.

Table 3‒19: Specifying the search conditions
Condition	Description
keywords	Enter keywords that you want to use as search conditions in text boxes. You can select the target settings with pull-down menu. The entered keywords are used as partial-match search conditions. You can also include the following special characters in search conditions: Underscore (`_`): Indicates any character. For example, the keyword `a_c` can match `aac` and `abc`. Percent sign (`%`): Indicates zero or more any characters. For example, the keyword `a%c` can match `ac`, `abc`, and `abbbc`.
Attributes	You can select the severity, Impact level, and other attributes as search conditions from pull-down menu. If you click the Selected button for an attribute, the Code selection window opens. In this window, you can select one or more attribute values (codes) that you want to use as search conditions. If you select the NOT search check box, the system searches for Items that do not satisfy those conditions. If you select multiple codes for an attribute, they are combined by the OR operator. For example, after selecting Match all conditions (AND), if you select codes `a`₁, `a`₂, and `a`₃ for attribute A and select codes `b`₁, `b`₂, and `b`₃ for attribute B, the search will use the following conditional expression: (`a`₁ `OR` `a`₂ `OR` `a`₃) `AND` (`b`₁ `OR` `b`₂ `OR` `b`₃)
Date-and-time values	You can specify time values such as Occurrence date and time and Registration date and time^# as search conditions for attributes.
Numeric values	You can specify numeric values such as Cost (planned) and Cost (actual) as search conditions for attributes.
User or role	You can specify users or roles as search conditions for Registrant and Person in charge.

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If you are using the Item Management window function, 01/01 of the first year of the Item Management window is automatically entered as the start date of the Registration date and time condition. As the end date, 12/31 of the last year of the Item Management window is automatically entered.

Note that you can edit the date range that is automatically entered. If you edit the dates, the system ignores the range of the Item Management window when conducting the search.

The above search conditions can be combined to filter the search results.

You can select either the Match all conditions (AND) or Match any condition (OR) option for the conditions under Search with this keyword and/or the conditions under Search with this attribute. If you use both types of search conditions (keywords and attributes), you cannot specify whether to combine the two types of conditions with the AND operator or the OR operator. The logical operator that will be used between keywords and attributes depends on which of the Match all conditions and Match any condition options is selected for each of the keywords and attributes. The following table shows how the logical operator that will be used between keywords and attributes is determined.

Table 3‒20: How the logical operator that will be used between keywords and attributes is determined
Option selected for keywords	Option selected for attributes	Logical operator
Match all conditions	Match all conditions	AND
Match all conditions	Match any condition	AND
Match any condition	Match all conditions	AND
Match any condition	Match any condition	OR

Note that the search conditions that can be specified for a search differ depending on the node selected in the list of process work boards. The following table describes the differences of the search conditions that can be specified.

Table 3‒21: Differences of search conditions that can be specified
Node selected in the process work board list	Elements that can be specified	Window that appears
Process work board (top node)	Elements defined by the Item search item form^#	Specify search conditions - Item-common element window
Target system	Elements defined by the Item search item form^#	Specify search conditions - Item-common element window
Process work board	Display elements for the Items set in the selected process work board	Specify item search conditions window

#: The Item search item form is the Item form that is used for only Item searches. You can use it to define the elements to be displayed. For example, you can customize the display elements for Items that are created or displayed on a process basis. Alternatively, you might want to utilize the frequency of use as a filter to decrease the number of display elements. In such cases, you must customize the Item form for Item search. For details about how to customize that Item form, see 9.9 Customizing Item forms.

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