About the EDM Search Function

By default, the Search tab includes three different search pages: Lookup, Search, and Comparison Lookup. The design of the search functionality provides flexibility in designing database queries. You can narrow a search for a specific object or a range of objects using various search fields located on the search pages and then view your search results on the Search Result page. When you select a specific object from the Search Result page, detailed information for that object appears on the View/Edit page.

The Lookup Page

The Lookup page of the Search function allows you to perform lookups using unique identifiers to find a specific object profile. By default, the unique identifiers you can use as search criteria include the EUID or local ID and system. When you perform this type of search, the Search Result page is generally bypassed and the View/Edit page appears displaying information about the matching profile

The Search Page

The Search page allows you to perform various types of searches against the database using a combination of fields as criteria. By default, you can perform three types of searches on this page. You specify the search type by selecting the appropriate option button in the upper portion of the Search page.

• Alphanumeric Search – This type of search is an exact match search, meaning it only returns profiles that exactly match the criteria you specify. Most fields in this search allow wildcard characters if the exact value is unknown.

• Phonetic Search – This type of search compares the phonetic values of certain fields entered as criteria. The object profiles returned by a phonetic search are assigned a matching probability weight to indicate how closely they match the search criteria. Phonetic searches are not exact match searches and allow for misspellings or data entry errors.

• Blocker Search – This type of search allows you to perform searches against the database using predefined combinations of fields as criteria. The object profiles returned by these searches are assigned a matching probability weight to indicate how closely they match the search criteria. For information about the predefined field combinations, see your system administrator.

The Comparison Lookup Page

The Comparison Lookup page of the Search function allows you to perform a search for multiple object profiles by entering their EUIDs. You can then select two of the resulting records to view on the Comparison page. Use this type of search if you want to compare object profiles and you know the EUIDs of the object profiles to compare.

The Search Result Page

The Search Result page of the Search function displays a list of object profiles found in the database that closely match the search criteria you entered. The results list appears in a table, with the number of profiles returned for the search displayed above the table. This page displays information to help you identify the object profile, such as the EUID or address information. This page also displays a list of the search criteria entered for the search that returned the displayed list. For more information about search results and the Search Result page, see Working with Search Results on the EDM.