You can search for and retrieve documents, reports, and dashboards from any repository in EPM Workspace. The search operation returns a list of results based on locating the users keywords in document-specific metadata; for example, document name, date created, and file type. You can perform these types of searches:
General—Search keywords in any part of all supported content published in EPM Workspace
Advanced—Search by date, date range, location, and priority.
Context-sensitive — Search keywords associated with specific aspects of some content in all supported content published in EPM Workspace
Within hierarchies — General or context-sensitive searches restricted to selected branches of EPM Workspace or to selected repositories
Data or metadata — If content is static, both metadata and data is indexed (for example, filter name and selected values for the filter). If content is dynamic, then only metadata is indexed (for example, column name only).
Search results display as follows:
Categorized based on content type, modified date, and file locations within EPM Workspace
Sorted by relevance or by modified date
Authorized; user credentials ensure that only user-authorized content authorized is returned
By default, results are sorted by score determined by how many times the keyword appears in the document and how many other keywords are in the document.