# Getting Started

## Combined Search

| The mask of a combined form consists of a header form and sublists. To perform a Combined Search, the header form as well as the sublist have to be set into Query mode. Thus, you can search in an Item form with assigned documents for an Item with a certain document.
| ### Using Wildcard Characters in Search Criteria
| For further information about Wildcard characters please see the document Search.
| ### How to Perform a Combined Search
| In Agile e6 open a mask, e.g. an Item mask.
| Open the tab you also would like to perform the search in, e.g. Document tab.
| In the header form, click the button. The head form is set into Query mode.
| In the sublist, click the button. The sublist is also set into Query mode.
| Enter a search criteria into the header form, e.g. enter %5% in the Item Number field.
| Enter a search criteria inot the sublist, e.g. in Documents tab enter %10% in the Document Number field.
| To perform the search, press the button either in the header form or in the sublist.
| In the search result, only those items are opened that contain both search criteria.