Search for Document
Use the Search for Document
tool to locate a document within the vault. You can generate a report
from the results.
The Search
for Document dialog box is a simplified version of the Advanced
Search dialog box that appears when you initiate a command to search
the vault view.
If metadata indexing is enabled
for the vault, all document revisions are searched. Otherwise, only the
latest revisions are searched. See VaultAdmin
Search.
To locate a document within the vault:
In the SolidWorks client, right-click in the vault
view and select Find / Search,
or click Find / Search
in the SolidWorks Task Pane. In the SolidWorks Explorer
client, right-click in the vault view and click Search
Vault 
in the Mini Toolbar.
If the
Advanced Search dialog box appears,
click Simplified.
In the Search
for Document dialog box, in the Search
list, select a property. When
you choose Display Info, all properties
that are displayed in vault
view labels are searched.
In the for
box, type the text for which to search.
Under Direction,
choose either Backward or Forward.
Under Options,
select or clear Ignore case, Exact match, and Ignore
Links (document shortcuts) as needed.
-
Click Find.
The first item that matches the search criteria is highlighted in
the vault view.
Except for Display
Info, the labels do not need to be displayed to be searched.
Click Find Next
to find additional items that match the search criteria.
Click Generate
Report to access the Search
Results dialog box, which lists all the documents that meet
the search criteria.
Related Topics
Find/Select