Basic Text Search

The simplest search is a Basic Text Search. For this search, the user enters text into the Text Search box on the far left of the Tab Bar. EnterWorks searches the current view to find any occurrences of the search term. The search term becomes a Filter. An Active Filter box for it is displayed in the Active Filter Bar; its title indicating that it is a Text Filter. Closing the Active Filter box removes the effect of the Filter.

The Basic Text Search acts upon Repository View tabs, Repository View Widgets, the Detail Editor Tab, and the Saved Set Editor.

In Repository View tabs and Widgets, executing a Basic Text Search adds a Text Filter to the Repository View, causing it to only display records that contain the search term somewhere in the record, either as an attribute name or as an attribute value.

If a Basic Text Search is executed from the Dashboard and there is more than one open Repository View Widget, the Text Filter will be applied to all the Repository View Widgets. Closing the Text Filter box in one Repository View Widget will close the Text Filter in all the Widgets.

Text Search in Dashboard

In the Detail Editor Tab, executing a Basic Text Search causes every occurrence of the search term to be highlighted, in both attribute names and attribute values.

Basic Text Search in the Detail Editor Tab

If the Saved Set Editor is active, typing inside the Text Search box causes the list of Saved Sets to be restricted to only those whose name starts with the entered text.

Basic Text Search in Saved Set Editor

Basic Text Search Behaviors

The Basic Text Search has the following behaviors:

• There can be only one active Text Filter at a time. If there is an active Text Filter and another Basic Text Search is started, the first Text Filter will be cleared and replaced by the second Text Filter.
• Position: The Basic Text Search will find any occurrence of a text string, whether it is in the beginning, middle, or end of a word.
• Case: The Basic Text Search ignores a character’s case. It will find any occurrence of the entered text, whether it is in upper case, lower case, or a mix of cases.
• Wildcards: The Basic Text Search recognizes the * (meaning a string of characters) and % (a single character) as wildcards, but only at the end a word with at least 5 characters entered. For instance, EnterWorks will recognize “Produ*” or “Product*” but not “P*” or “Produ*t”.
• Multiple search terms: If multiple words (sets of characters separated by blanks) are entered into the Text Search Box, Basic Search Text will treat them as one Text Filter. Closing the Text Filter box will remove the Filter for all the words.
• In a Repository View: The Text Filter words will be treated as a phrase. A record must contain the whole phrase (all the words, in order) for it to appear in the Repository View.
• In the Detail Editor Tab: All occurrence of any of the words in the Text Filter will be noted.
• Hovering over a Text Filter box will cause a small pop-up to display the entire Search Term.