Perform an Advanced Search for an Archived Incident

The Archived Incidents component features advanced searching capabilities for retrieving archived incidents.

You can perform a search based on a range of search fields, including the subject, threads, product, category, disposition, contact data, and organcization data associated with the incident. You can also search ranges for incident creation and closed dates. Custom fields of a string or date data type can also be searched using a specially formatted search value.

After you perform a search, the archived incidents that match your search criteria display on the content pane. Search results are limited to 1,000 incidents rendered in groups of 100. Pagination controls appear when search results exceed 100 incidents. Search results list the reference number, subject, creation date, and closed (solved) date for each incident. To view an incident returned in the search results, double-click an archived incident to open it, or select the incident and click View Incident.

  1. Click Search on the Archived Incidents component.
    The Search window opens.
  2. Click the Advanced Search link to access advanced searching options.
    Note: To return to basic search options, click the Basic Search link in the top left corner of the window and see Perform a Basic Search for an Archived Incident.
  3. Enter field information.

    Archived Incidents Advanced Search Options

    Field/Button Description
    Search Attributes (contains) Search results contain all or part of the search terms.
    Ref Number Enter all or part of the reference number of the incident in this text box. You can use wildcards in searching.
    Text Search Enter a word or phrase in this text box to search all archived incident fields. Because archived incidents have been removed from the knowledge base and converted to a text format, you can only search for incidents with a single text search. Searchable incident fields include Subject, Incident thread, Product (including subproducts), Category (including subcategories), contact-related fields, organization-related fields, incident custom fields, and incident custom attributes.

    A Boolean OR operator is used between words by default. In addition, there is an implicit wildcard at the end of the search string.

    Subject Enter a word or phrase in this text box to search the Subject field of archived incidents.
    Threads Enter a word or phrase in this text box to search the thread content of archived incidents.
    Filter Attributes (exact match) Search results match the search terms exactly.
    Product Use this text box to search the Product field of archived incidents.
    Category Use this text box to search the Category field of archived incidents.
    Disposition Use this text box to search the Disposition field of archived incidents.
    Queue Use this text box to search the Queue field of archived incidents.
    Interface Use this text box to search the Interface field of archived incidents.
    Customer Search for specific customer information including the contact name and contact email.
    Contact Name Use this text box to search contact names in archived incidents.
    Contact Email Use this text box to search contact email addresses in archived incidents.
    State/Province Use this text box to search contact states or provinces in archived incidents.
    Country Use this text box to search contact countries in archived incidents.
    Organization Search for specific organization information including the name, state/province, and country.
    Name Use this text box to search organization names in archived incidents.
    State/Province Use this text box to search organization states or provinces in archived incidents.
    Country Use this text box to search organization countries in archived incidents.
    Range Define the date range search criteria using the closed date and created date.
    Closed Date Click the From and To drop-down lists and select start and end dates to search archived incidents by a closed date range.
    Created Date Click the From and To drop-down lists and select start and end dates to search archived incidents by a created date range.
    Custom Fields/Attributes Search for specific information in custom fields and system attributes.
    Custom Fields Enter a search string to search custom fields of a string, text, or date type in archived incidents. The search string format is:
        <custom_field_name>_custom_<search_data_type>:
    
    <search_term> [<connector> 
    <custom_field_name>_custom_<search_data_type>:
    
    <search_term>]
    
    Where:
    • custom_field_name = name of the custom field or attribute

    • search_data_type = text, str, or date

    • connector = AND or OR

    • search_term = data to search for

    Examples:

    c$url_custom_str:c$RMAId_custom_str:123
        c$RMA_custom_text:"RMA12345" AND c$RMAId_custom_str:123
        c$date_custom_date:[2021-09-25T00:00:00Z TO 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z]
    
    Note: Use quotation marks when searching for a URL value in a text field. Use YYYYMMDDTHH:MM:SSZ format for date/time values. You can join multiple search strings together using the AND and OR operators.
  4. To clear all field search values, click Reset.
  5. Click Search.
    Note: Multiple search terms will be joined with AND operators. For example, searching with 14* in the Ref number field and Phone in the Subject field will find only incidents that satisfy both criteria, that is, their reference numbers start with 14 and their subjects include “Phone.”