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Using the Search Center

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Siebel Search Center allows you to search for information and view the results without losing the current data on your screen. You can create searches from anywhere within your Siebel application using the Search Center.

Use the search button, which shows a pair of binoculars, to open the Search Center. The search button is located to the right of the execute query button on the Siebel application toolbar. The Search Center opens in a frame at the right of the screen, while the data you are currently displaying is maintained at the left of the screen. Figure 35 shows an example of the Search Center.

Figure 35.  Search Center

To close the Search Center, click the close search button.

To perform a search

In any screen, click the search button.

The Search Center appears in a frame to the right of the screen.

From the Look In drop-down list, select the type of information you want to find.

What you choose from the Look In drop-down list will determine the fields that are available to you for entering search criteria.

Enter the search criteria.

NOTE:  The Siebel application automatically adds a wildcard to the end of your search criteria. This means that if you search for Siebe, the Siebel application looks for all words beginning with the letters Siebe.

Click Search or press the Enter key.

The records matching the search criteria appear in the Search frame in the Results list.

(Optional) Highlight a record in the Results list and click Preview.

A dialog box containing the detail for the selected record appears.

TIP:  You can also drill down on records in the Results list and the record's information will appear to the left of the Search Center.

Search Operators

Table 16 describes the two wildcard operators you can use to refine your searches.

Table 16.  Search Operators

Operator	Description
*	Placed anywhere in a string, returns records containing the string or containing the string plus any additional characters at the position at which the asterisk appears, including a space. For example, *rang* finds arrange, arranged, orange, orangutan, range, ranges, ranging, rang, strange, stranger, strangest, strangle, wrangle, and so on. It is not necessary to put a wildcard at the end of the word; for example, Siebe will return Siebel.
?	Placed anywhere in a string, returns records containing the characters specified in the string, and also containing any single character at the location of the question mark. For example, ?rag finds brag, crag, or drag, but not bragging. t?pe finds type and tape, but not tripe. To find a question mark, precede the question mark with a backslash. Type \? to find strings that contain a question mark.

For more information on the Search Center, see Siebel Search Administration Guide.

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