The Advanced Search… link on the top right corner of the screen allows you to perform more refined searches using any of the 140 search filters. You can it to search the database on various categories including attached documents or notes. You can save these searches along with your column selection, column arrangement, Group by, and Pivot options.
Modifying Advanced Search
To modify the advanced search setting,
Click the Advanced Search link. The Advanced Search page is displayed.
Enter your search criteria. Use the Expand button next to the sub-sections to view all the fields that are available to you.
You can view the current search criteria by clicking the Show Current Search Criteria field.
Click the Search button to apply the search and return to the list of projects.
Click Cancel to return to the proposals listing without making any changes to the searching criteria.
Note: When you choose to include the documents field in the keyword definition, the system will search through the text of the uploaded project documents.
Managing Saved Search Criteria
To save a new search:
From the Manage pull-down menu select Create.
Enter a new name in the Filter name field and enter a description. You can also choose to make this the default search.
Specify the appropriate values, check the appropriate boxes or choose from the pull-down menus.
Click the Save Search button.
To edit an existing search:
From the Saved Search: View menu select the search you want to edit.
From the Manage pull-down menu select Edit.
Select the search you want to modify from the Load a Saved Search pull-down menu.
Make the required changes in the various fields used to specify the search criteria.
Click the Save Search button.
To delete an existing search:
From the Saved Search: View menu select the search you want to delete.
From the Manage pull-down menu select Edit.
Click the Delete Search button.
Note: Only user-defined searches can be deleted.
To reset filters to default values:
From the Advanced search page, click the Reset Filter button on the right corner of the page.
button next to the sub-sections to view all the fields that are available to you.
