Using the Global Search Bar

If enabled for your PeopleSoft application, the Global Search bar appears in the portal header.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Global Search bar. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

The Global Search bar enables you to search across specific groups of search categories. Search categories organize similar application information into groups to help you narrow your searches. For example, to search information about jobs, you select the Job Data search category, and to search information about employees, select the Employee search category. For broader searches, you can also select the All category, which runs a search against all the categories to which you have access.

The Global Search Bar is comprised of these controls.

Field or Control	Description
Search category	Click the Global Search bar to display the search categories to which you have access. The contents of the search category can change, depending on where you are in the application. For example, you might see different items in the search category while on a portal homepage than you do while in a WorkCenter. Your system administrators can configure this so that only items relevant to your current application context will display.
Free-text search edit box	This is where you enter your free-text key words so that you can find the data you need.
Search button	Click this button to initiate your search.