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Performing an Advanced Find Operation

Siebel Advanced Find supports real-time database queries on a field-by-field basis.

To perform an advanced find operation

1. Select Advanced Find in the Search Toolbar, and then click Find.

   A drop-down list of categories to search against appears, provided that the auto suggest feature is enabled for Siebel Find. For more, see Configuring Siebel Find for the Search Results View.

2. Select the category you want to search against.
3. (Optional) Click Reset to clear the fields of the search criteria from the last find operation.

   Reset clears the search criteria from the UI, but retains the search criteria in the cache.

4. Enter your search criteria in the fields for the selected category.

   The search criteria for that category is saved until the next find operation.

5. Click Find to view the search results in the Search Results view.
6. In the Search Results view:
   • Click the arrow beside a result to expand and show a summary of the search result. Click the arrow beside a result to hide the summary again.
   • Click a hyperlink to drill down to the selected record.
   • Click the tab for each search engine configured to show the search results for that search engine. Siebel Find results appear by default in the Search Results view.
   • If no results are returned, then a message similar to the following appears: Your search did not match any results.