Refreshing Favorite Searches

The Refresh Favorite Searches page enables you to refresh your favorite saved searches in a batch.

Access the Refresh Favorite Searches page by selecting PeopleTools, and then Utilities, and then Refresh Favorite Searches.

This example illustrates the properties for the Refresh Favorite Searches page. Descriptions of the properties appear after the example.

Refresh Favorite Searches
Field or Control Description

Run Control ID

Displays the Run Control ID for the batch process.

Report Manager

Select this link to open the Report Manager page. See Applications User’s Guide: Viewing Reports in Report Manager.

Process Monitor

Select this link to open the Process Monitor page. See Process Scheduler: Viewing the Status of Processes.

You can use the Message Log link in the Process Monitor page to review the execution time for the batch process.

Process all Favorite Searches

Select to refresh the search result count for all favorite searches.

Process Favorite Searches created in last 'x' days

Select to refresh the search result count for all favorite searches created within a specified number of days in the past.

Process Favorite Searches not refreshed in last 'x' days

Select to refresh the search result count for only those favorite searches which were not refreshed within a specified number of days in the past.

Delete Invalid/Inactive Searches

Select to delete all invalid and inactive saved searches.

Saved search items are considered invalid or inactive if:

  • User does not have access to the transaction component.

  • Search Type of the component is different from the saved search item search type.

  • User permission has been revoked for the My Favorite Searches component for this user. In this case, all the items for this user will be deleted.

  • The search criteria for a saved search item becomes invalid.

Note: Saved search data is not deleted if you select this option.

Run

Select this button to run the batch process.