How do I search Oracle Social Network?

To search all of Oracle Social Network:

  1. On the sidebar menu, tap Search icon Search.
  2. Enter your search term, then tap Search.
  3. You can filter by object type, by tapping All Results, then tapping an object type.
  4. If you filtered by object type, you can sort the results by tapping Sort, then tapping a sort order (relevancy or date).
  5. If you filtered by an object type, you can further filter the results by tapping Filter button and selecting a filter option:

    • Posted By: Limit your search to messages or documents posted by a particular person.

    • Posted When: Limit your search to messages or documents posted within a particular period.

    • Document Type: If you filter your results to show documents, you can select which types of documents to show.

    • Updated By: Limit your search to Conversations, collections, hashtags, or Social Definitions updated by a particular user.

    • Updated When: Limit your search to Conversations, collections, hashtags, or Social Definitions updated within a particular period.

    • Created By: Limit your search to Conversations, collections, groups, or Social Definitions created by a particular user.

    • Created When: Limit your search to Conversations, collections, groups, or Social Definitions created within a particular period.

    • Favorites Only: Limit your search to only your favorite Conversations, collections, or groups.

    • Include Public: Control whether to show public Conversations, collections, or Social Definitions in your results.

    • Include Closed: Control whether to show closed Conversations, collections, or Social Definitions in your results.

    • Include Deactivated: Control whether to show deactivated groups in your results.

    • With Member: Limit your search to Conversations, collections, groups, or Social Definitions with a particular member.

  6. Tap a result to open the item.

    • Tap a Conversation to open the Conversation.

    • Tap a person's name to open the person's wall.

      Note: Outside users (people outside your company) don't have walls. If you tap an outside user, the outside user's profile opens. Outside users' names appear in purple text, and they have icons (Outside user avatar) after their names.

    • Tap a group's name to open the group's wall.

    • Tap a hashtag to open a page with all messages that include that hashtag.

You can mark an object in the list of search results as a favorite by tapping Add favorite button next to the result. For more information, see How do I view my favorites?

Example 16-1 To search in a Conversation:

To search and navigate through the results in a Conversation, tap Find unread messages icon at the bottom of the screen. By default, you see the unread messages controls, but you can switch to the other options to find flags assigned to you or text in messages and documents.

  • Tap Find unread messages icon to navigate through the unread messages in the Conversation.

  • Tap Find flags icon to navigate through any flags assigned to you in the Conversation.

  • Tap Search in Conversation icon to search for text in the messages or documents. After tapping Search in Conversation icon, enter your search term, then tap Search.

    Your search term is highlighted in the Conversation.

    To clear your search, tap Clear search icon.

The number of unread messages, flags, or messages that include your text is shown next to the navigation arrows. To step through the items, use the up and down arrows.